CVE-2023-32707 ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation

2023-06-0116:34:30

Splunk

www.cve.org

cve-2023-32707

splunk enterprise

privilege escalation

splunk cloud platform

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.899 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.8%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Splunk Enterprise",
    "vendor": "Splunk",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "8.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThan": "8.1.14"
      },
      {
        "version": "8.2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThan": "8.2.11"
      },
      {
        "version": "9.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThan": "9.0.5"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Splunk Cloud Platform",
    "vendor": "Splunk",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "-",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThan": "9.0.2303.100"
      }
    ]
  }
]