title: ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation
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.
problem types: The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
affected:
{
product: Splunk Enterprise
vendor: Splunk
versions:
version: 8.1, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 8.1.14
version: 8.2, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 8.2.11
version: 9.0, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 9.0.5
}
{
product: Splunk Cloud Platform
vendor: Splunk
versions:
version: -, status: affected, versionType: custom, lessThan: 9.0.2303.100
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
baseScore: 8.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL