CVE-2023-40592
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.1.1, 9.0.6, and 8.2.12, an attacker can craft a special web request that can result in reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on the “/app/search/table” web endpoint. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands on the Splunk platform instance.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.4 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (46th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2023-45150)
- Published
- August 30, 2023
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2023-45150 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 28, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- splunk / splunk
- splunk / splunk
- splunk / splunk cloud platform
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Splunk Enterprise 9.0.4 - Splunk, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11330-2023 - archived
References
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0801(Vendor Advisory)
- https://research.splunk.com/application/182f9080-4137-4629-94ac-cb1083ac981a/(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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