Is CVE-2018-7427 being actively exploited?

CVE-2018-7427 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-7427?

CVE-2018-7427 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2018-7427

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Splunk Web in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.7, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3; and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.1 (v3.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
EPSS score: 1.0% (63th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2018-19158)
Published: October 23, 2018
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-19158 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected 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

https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAP5T(Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

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

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