CVE-2025-20297
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 31.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4 and 9.2.6, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.102, 9.3.2408.111 and 9.2.2406.118, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the pdfgen/render REST endpoint that could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 31.17% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- splunk/splunk · splunk/splunk cloud platform
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
EPSS moved from 28.7% on 27 September 2026 to 31.2% on 2 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0601Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.