CVE-2011-4642
N/A
Published: January 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSplunk
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 29%
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdfQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352
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