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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2024-45741 json

Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via props.conf on Splunk Enterprise

published 2024-10-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41689

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.8%
EPSS 14.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.2.3 and 9.1.6 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108 and 9.1.2312.205, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could create a malicious payload through a custom configuration file that the "api.uri" parameter from the "/manager/search/apps/local" endpoint in Splunk Web calls. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

Patch / fix

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.1.6, 9.2.3
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2312.205, 9.2.2403.108
  • splunk splunk_enterprise 9.1.6, 9.2.3
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform 9.1.2312.205, 9.2.2403.108

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

14.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Splunk Splunk Enterprise
  • Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform
  • splunk splunk_enterprise
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.