CVE-2023-32707 in the critical feed json
‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation
published 2023-06-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36934
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 78.7%
- EPSS 78.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
- public exploits
- 2
- Metasploit, Exploit-DB
Summary
In versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds a role that has the ‘edit_user’ capability assigned to it can escalate their privileges to that of the admin user by providing specially crafted web requests.
Patch / fix
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2303.100
Timeline
- First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/splunk_privilege_escalation_cve_2023_32707)
- Published
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 20 mo ago
Exploit prediction
78.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit exploit/multi/http/splunk_privilege_escalation_cve_2023_32707 Splunk "edit_user" Capability Privilege Escalation metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2023-06-01
- EDB-51747 Splunk 9.0.5 - admin account take over webapps, 2023-10-09
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Splunk Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
References
-
advisory.splunk.com
/advisories/SVD-2023-0602
vendor-advisory
-
research.splunk.com
/application/39e1c326-67d7-4c0d-8584-8056354f6593/
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-32707
- NVD CVE-2023-32707
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