CVE-2017-5607
Splunk Enterprise 5.0.x before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.13.1, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2 assigns the $C JS property to the global Window namespace, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive logged-in username and version-related information via a crafted webpage.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.5 (v3.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 5.9% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2017-14705)
- Published
- April 10, 2017
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-14705 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- splunk / splunk
- splunk / splunk
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Splunk Enterprise 6.4.5 - Splunk, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10780 - archived
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SPLUNK-ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION-THEFT.txt(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/89(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540346/100/0/threaded(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97265(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97286(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038170(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41779/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPZ3#InformationLeakageviaJavaScriptCVE20175607(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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