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

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

14.8% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• 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. (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Splunk · Splunk Enterprise

  • affected 9.2 – < 9.2.3
  • affected 9.1 – < 9.1.6

• Splunk · Splunk Cloud Platform

  • affected 9.2.2403 – < 9.2.2403.108
  • affected 9.1.2312 – < 9.1.2312.205

References (2)

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1011 (opens in a new tab)
• https://research.splunk.com/application/d7b5aa71-157f-4359-9c34-e35752b1d0a2/ (opens in a new tab)

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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2024-45741](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2024-45741.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-45741)

Record last updated 28 Feb 2025, 11:04 UTC.