CVE-2011-4642 describes a remote code execution vulnerability in Splunk Web versions 4.2.x before 4.2.5. The flaw, residing in the mappy.py script, allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary Python code by manipulating the mappy command to access the sys module, potentially via a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating moderate severity with high attack complexity, and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist for this vulnerability, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.