CVE-2011-4642 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary code via CSRF in Splunk Web's mappy command, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-4642?
CVE-2011-4642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 3 Jan 2012. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the sys module in a request to the search application, as demonstrated by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack, aka SPL-45172.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4642?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Splunk Splunk.
How do I fix CVE-2011-4642?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-4642 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2011-4642 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as CVE-2011-4779, GHSA-c55j-fmh7-83pp.