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CVE-2025-20369

Extensible Markup Language (XML) External Entity Injection (XXE) through Dashboard label field on Splunk Enterprise

Published: Oct 1, 2025Updated: Oct 8, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-776
4.6MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privilege user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. The XXE injection has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) attacks.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:NI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-776CWE-611

Affected Products

Splunk
commercial·USaka splunk enterprise, splunk cloud platform
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Splunk Cloud Platform
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Splunk Enterprise
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Splunk Inc.
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
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Impact
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References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1004
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