CVE-2023-32707
In versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds a role that has the ‘edit_user’ capability assigned to it can escalate their privileges to that of…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 78.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
In versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds a role that has the ‘edit_user’ capability assigned to it can escalate their privileges to that of the admin user by providing specially crafted web requests.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 78.66% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 9 October 2023
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-285
- Affected
- splunk/splunk · splunk/splunk cloud platform
- Source
- prodsec@splunk.com
EPSS 78.7% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0602Vendor Advisory
- https://research.splunk.com/application/39e1c326-67d7-4c0d-8584-8056354f6593/Vendor Advisory
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0602Vendor Advisory
- https://research.splunk.com/application/39e1c326-67d7-4c0d-8584-8056354f6593/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.