Medium severity · published Mar 26, 2025
CVE-2025-20227
Information Disclosure through external content warning modal dialog box bypass in Splunk Enterprise Dashboard Studio
4.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.107, 9.2.2406.112, 9.2.2403.115, 9.1.2312.208 and 9.1.2308.214, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the external content warning modal dialog box in Dashboard Studio dashboards which could lead to an information disclosure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
9.3.2408 before 9.3.2408.107; 9.2.2406 before 9.2.2406.113; 9.2.2403 before 9.2.2403.115; 9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.208; 9.1.2308 before 9.1.2308.214 · source: vendor, NVD
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
9.4 before 9.4.1; 9.3 before 9.3.3; 9.2 before 9.2.5; 9.1 before 9.1.8 · source: vendor
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.1.0 before 9.1.8; 9.2.0 before 9.2.4; 9.3.0 before 9.3.3; 9.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20227
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20227
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0306
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