{"id":"CVE-2023-32707","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-32707","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:23:39.034Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2023-06-01T17:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:59:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"prodsec@splunk.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-285"],"affected":["splunk/splunk","splunk/splunk cloud platform"],"epss":{"score":0.78658,"percentile":0.99588,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2023-10-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51747,"kind":"exploit","title":"Splunk 9.0.5 - admin account take over","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51747","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/51747.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/51747.py","published":"2023-10-09","added":"2023-10-09","updated":"2023-10-09","author":"Redway Security","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2023-32707"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0602","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"prodsec@splunk.com"},{"url":"https://research.splunk.com/application/39e1c326-67d7-4c0d-8584-8056354f6593/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"prodsec@splunk.com"},{"url":"https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0602","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://research.splunk.com/application/39e1c326-67d7-4c0d-8584-8056354f6593/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32707","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}