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CVE-2011-4642
mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which…
Medium4.6EPSS 28.6%
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- mitre
Description
mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the sys module in a request to the search application, as demonstrated by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack, aka SPL-45172.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.6% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1026451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 47232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18245 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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