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Splunk < 5.0.8 Unspecified XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 73246
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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 an unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to Splunk 5.0.8 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 73246
File Name: splunk_508.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 3/28/2014
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: 3/24/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-2578
BID: 66453