CVE-2016-4856 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Light versions 6.3.x prior to 6.3.5. An attacker with administrator privileges can inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML through unspecified vectors. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction, leading to potential low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.0:*:*:*:light:*:*:* | ||
6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.1:*:*:*:light:*:*:* | ||
6.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.