CVE-2023-40592

Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on "/app/search/table" web endpoint

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS Score

Published: August 30, 2023 at 04:19 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorSplunkSplunk Cloud Platform

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Severity

MEDIUM6.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.1.1, 9.0.6, and 8.2.12, an attacker can craft a special web request that can result in reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on the “/app/search/table” web endpoint. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands on the Splunk platform instance.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Splunk · Splunk

95%

v < 9.0.2305.2008.2 ≤ v < 8.2.128.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.129.0 ≤ v < 9.0.69.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.69.1 ≤ v < 9.1.18.2 9.0 9.1 9.1.0

Affected range stops below 8.2.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.0.2305.200, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk

95%

v ≤ 9.0.2305.100

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0801

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://research.splunk.com/application/182f9080-4137-4629-94ac-cb1083ac981a/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.1MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality: LOW
Integrity: LOW
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-79

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