title: Path Traversal in Splunk App for Lookup File Editing
description: In the Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions below 4.0.1, a low-privileged user can, with a specially crafted web request, trigger a path traversal exploit that can then be used to read and write to restricted areas of the Splunk installation directory.
problem types: The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
affected:
{
product: Splunk App for Lookup File Editing
vendor: Splunk
versions:
version: 4.0, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 4.0.1
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
version: 3.1
baseScore: 8.1
baseSeverity: HIGH
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL