CVE-2023-46214
🗓️ 16 Nov 2023 20:15:25Reported by SplunkType 
cve🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov📰️ 3 Media mentions👁 280 Views🌐 WEB
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Splunk XSLT Upload Remote Code Execution Exploit | 12 Dec 202300:00 | – | zdt |
 | The vulnerability of the Splunk Enterprise platform for operational analysis, related to errors in processing XML requests, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code. | 20 Nov 202300:00 | – | bdu_fstec |
 | CVE-2023-46214 | 19 Nov 202307:37 | – | circl |
 | Splunk Security Breach | 16 Nov 202300:00 | – | cnnvd |
 | CVE-2023-46214 Remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through Insecure XML Parsing | 16 Nov 202320:15 | – | cvelist |
 | Exploit for XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) in Splunk Cloud | 18 Nov 202322:20 | – | githubexploit |
 | Splunk-RCE-poc | 9 Oct 202605:43 | – | kitploit |
 | Splunk Authenticated XSLT Upload RCE | 28 Nov 202300:00 | – | metasploit |
 | Vulnerability fixed in Splunk | 23 Nov 202300:00 | – | ncsc |
 | CVE-2023-46214 | 16 Nov 202321:15 | – | nvd |
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{
"product": "Splunk Enterprise",
"vendor": "Splunk",
"versions": [
{
"version": "9.0",
"status": "affected",
"versionType": "custom",
"lessThan": "9.0.7"
},
{
"version": "9.1",
"status": "affected",
"versionType": "custom",
"lessThan": "9.1.2"
}
]
},
{
"product": "Splunk Cloud",
"vendor": "Splunk",
"versions": [
{
"version": "-",
"status": "affected",
"versionType": "custom",
"lessThan": "9.1.2308"
}
]
}
]| Parameter | Position | Path | Description | CWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| username | request body | /en-US/account/login | Authenticated XSLT Upload RCE: login endpoint used in PoC to obtain a session for exploitation. | CWE-91 |
| password | request body | /en-US/account/login | Authenticated XSLT Upload RCE: login endpoint used in PoC to obtain a session for exploitation. | CWE-91 |
| cval | request body | /en-US/account/login | Authenticated XSLT Upload RCE: login endpoint used in PoC to obtain a session for exploitation. | CWE-91 |
| set_has_logged_in | request body | /en-US/account/login | Authenticated XSLT Upload RCE: login endpoint used in PoC to obtain a session for exploitation. | CWE-91 |
| search | request body | /en-US/splunkd/__raw/servicesNS/{USERNAME}/search/search/jobs | Create a Splunk search job to obtain a job id (jsid) used to coordinate the attack. | CWE-91 |
| xsl | query param | /en-US/api/search/jobs/{jsid}/results | Trigger the XSLT transformation by passing an XSL path via the xsl parameter, enabling remote code execution. | CWE-91 |
| spl-file | upload data | /en-US/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview | Upload a crafted XSLT payload to be processed by the vulnerable XSLT transformation path. | CWE-91 |
| search | request body | /en-US/splunkd/__raw/servicesNS/{USERNAME}/search/search/jobs | Trigger the payload by sending a search that executes a runshellscript payload. | CWE-91 |
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17 Jun 2026 06:30Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 3.18 - 8.8
EPSS0.89174
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