Medium severity · published Dec 3, 2025
CVE-2025-20385
Stored Cross-Site scripting (XSS) through Anchor Tag "href" in Navigation Bar Collections in Splunk Enterprise
4.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.6, 10.0.2503.7, and 9.3.2411.117, a user who holds a role with a high privilege capability `admin_all_objects` could craft a malicious payload through the href attribute of an anchor tag within a collection in the navigation bar, which could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.6; 10.0.2503 before 10.0.2503.7; 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.117 · source: vendor, NVD
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
10.0 before 10.0.2; 9.4 before 9.4.6; 9.3 before 9.3.8; 9.2 before 9.2.10 · source: vendor
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.2.0 before 9.2.10; 9.3.0 before 9.3.8; 9.4.0 before 9.4.6; 10.0.0 before 10.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20385
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20385
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1204
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