CVE-2011-4642
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 28.6%EU EUVD
mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the sys module in a request to the search application, as demonstrated by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack, aka SPL-45172.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-352
- EPSS score
- 28.6% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4560)
- Published
- January 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4560 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- splunk / splunk
- splunk / splunk
- splunk / splunk
- splunk / splunk
- splunk / splunk
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47232
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/(Exploit)
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233(Exploit)
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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