title: Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through a URL Validation Bypass within a Dashboard View
description: In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, a Splunk dashboard view lets a low-privileged user exploit a vulnerability in the Bootstrap web framework (CVE-2019-8331) and build a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) payload.
problem types: The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
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
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
version: 3.1
baseScore: 5.4
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL