CVE-2025-20297

Published Jun 2, 2025

Last updated 10 months ago

CVSS medium 4.3

Overview

Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the pdfgen/render REST endpoint that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
Source
psirt@cisco.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
splunk, splunk_cloud_platform

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.4
Impact score
2.7
Exploitability score
2.3
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@cisco.com
CWE-79

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

  1. به تازگی برای سرویس دفاعی Splunk آسیب پذیری جدیدی با کد شناسایی CVE-2025-20297 از نوع xss منتشر شده است . این آسیب پذیری باعث اجرای کد javascript با دسترسی پایین می شود . برا

    @AmirHossein_sec

    4 Jun 2025

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  2. Alert: A critical XSS vulnerability (CVE-2025-20297) in Splunk Enterprise allows unauthorized JavaScript execution. Users urged to update immediately. Link: https://t.co/YD5kek8OYj #Security #Splunk #XSS #CVE #JavaScript #Update #Patch #Risk #Exploit #Threat #Breach #Software htt

    @dailytechonx

    3 Jun 2025

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Configurations

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.