CVE-2011-4644 describes a critical vulnerability in Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier versions when operating under a Free license. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute management commands due to the system enabling undesirable functionality in environments lacking authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.