CVE-2023-32707 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 79% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 79.02% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-285 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2023-06-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| splunk | splunk |
| splunk | splunk cloud platform |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Splunk 9.0.5 - admin account take over | 2023-10-09 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD