CVE-2025-20297

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) on Splunk Enterprise through dashboard PDF generation component

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: Jun 2, 2025
Updated: Jun 2, 2025
Reserved: Oct 10, 2024

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the pdfgen/render REST endpoint that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	cisco

Weaknesses

CWE-79 The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk	9.4 to before 9.4.2Affected 9.3 to before 9.3.4Affected 9.2 to before 9.2.6Affected 9.1 to before 9.1.9Affected
Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk	9.3.2411 to before 9.3.2411.102Affected 9.3.2408 to before 9.3.2408.111Affected 9.2.2406 to before 9.2.2406.118Affected

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0601

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