Is CVE-2011-4644 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-4644 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-4644?

CVE-2011-4644 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2011-4644

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.5%EU EUVD

Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier, when a Free license is selected, enables potentially undesirable functionality within an environment that intentionally does not support authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a management-console session that leverages the ability to create crafted data sources, or (2) execute management commands via an HTTP request.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
EPSS score: 7.5% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-4562)
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-2011-4562 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

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Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Splunk 4.1.7 - Splunk, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10437-2011 - archived

References

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)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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