Splunk 4.3.x < 4.3.6 Unspecified XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66037

Synopsis

The remote web server contains an application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

According to its version number, the Splunk Web hosted on the remote web server is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize unspecified user-supplied input before returning it to the user. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary HTML or script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.

Solution

Upgrade to Splunk 4.3.6 or later.

See Also

https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAHSQ

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.6/ReleaseNotes/4.3.6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66037

File Name: splunk_436.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/19/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:splunk:splunk

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Splunk

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2766

BID: 59038

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990