Medium severity · published Jun 2, 2025
CVE-2025-20297
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) on Splunk Enterprise through dashboard PDF generation component
5.4
CVSS
29.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)29.3% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.102; 9.3.2408 before 9.3.2408.111; 9.2.2406 before 9.2.2406.118 · source: vendor, NVD
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
9.4 before 9.4.2; 9.3 before 9.3.4; 9.2 before 9.2.6; 9.1 before 9.1.9 · source: vendor
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.2.0 before 9.2.6; 9.3.0 before 9.3.4; 9.4.0 before 9.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20297
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20297
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0601
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