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Splunk 4.3.x < 4.3.6 Unspecified XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 66037
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains an application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.Description
According to its version number, the Splunk Web hosted on the remote web server is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize unspecified user-supplied input before returning it to the user. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary HTML or script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.Solution
Upgrade to Splunk 4.3.6 or later.See Also
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAHSQ
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.6/ReleaseNotes/4.3.6
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 66037
File Name: splunk_436.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 4/19/2013
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:splunk:splunk
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Splunk
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-2766
BID: 59038