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CVE-2016-4858

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4858 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Light, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.8, it requires high privileges and user interaction for exploitation, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:light:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:5.0.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:5.0.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:5.0.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:5.0.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 4,931 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN71462075/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
splunk.com / view/SP-CAAAPN9
Vendor Advisory