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CVEs / CVE-2025-20297

CVE-2025-20297: Splunk Splunk Enterprise vulnerability

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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.

The CVE record, via NVD · published 2 Jun 2025 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
ProductAffectedFixed in
Splunk Splunk Enterprisefrom 9.4, before 9.4.29.4.2
Splunk Splunk Enterprisefrom 9.3, before 9.3.49.3.4
Splunk Splunk Enterprisefrom 9.2, before 9.2.69.2.6
Splunk Splunk Enterprisefrom 9.1, before 9.1.99.1.9
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platformfrom 9.3.2411, before 9.3.2411.1029.3.2411.102
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platformfrom 9.3.2408, before 9.3.2408.1119.3.2408.111
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platformfrom 9.2.2406, before 9.2.2406.1189.2.2406.118

Exploitation

Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 30 Oct 2026.

Severity

CVSS 3.15.4 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Scored by NVD
WeaknessCWE-79

References

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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