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Splunk Enterprise 9.2.0 < 9.2.8, 9.3.0 < 9.3.6, 9.4.0 < 9.4.4 (SVD-2025-1004)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266411

Synopsis

An application running on a remote web server host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Splunk installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SVD-2025-1004 advisory.

 - In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privilege user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. The XXE injection has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) attacks. (CVE-2025-20369)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to versions 9.4.4, 9.3.6, 9.2.8 or higher.Splunk is actively monitoring and patching Splunk Cloud Platform instances.

See Also

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1004.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266411

File Name: splunk_944_cve-2025-20369.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/2/2025

Updated: 10/2/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20369

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:splunk:splunk

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Splunk

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20369

CWE: 776