CVE-2023-22933 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting through the ‘module’ Tag in a View in Splunk Enterprise
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via XML views in Splunk Enterprise, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-22933?
CVE-2023-22933 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 14 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, a View allows for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in an extensible mark-up language (XML) View through the ‘layoutPanel’ attribute in the ‘module’ tag’.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22933?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22933?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-22933 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22933 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-j37v-6hvg-rp7r.