CVE-2025-20232 is a vulnerability affecting Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.103, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.113, 9.1.2312.208, and 9.1.2308.212. It allows a low-privileged user, without "admin" or "power" roles, to execute risky commands via a saved search using the permissions of a higher-privileged user, bypassing SPL safeguards on the "/app/search/search" endpoint. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.7 (Medium), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction (phishing) to achieve high confidentiality impact. There is no integrity or availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.3.0, < 9.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1.2308, < 9.1.2308.212CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1.2312.100, < 9.1.2312.208CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.