CVE-2025-20228 Cross-site request forgery in Splunk Cloud Platform
A low-privileged user can change the maintenance mode state of the App Key Value Store via CSRF, potentially disrupting operations or bypassing security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20228?
CVE-2025-20228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 26 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108, and 9.1.2312.204, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could change the maintenance mode state of App Key Value Store (KVStore) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20228?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20228?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-20228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gcx-7vhp-wj94.