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How the CVE Works
CVE-2025-20232 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform. It allows a low-privileged user to execute risky SPL (Splunk Processing Language) commands with elevated permissions by exploiting the `/app/search/search` endpoint’s `s` parameter. The attacker must trick a higher-privileged user into initiating a malicious request via phishing. The vulnerability bypasses SPL safeguards, enabling unauthorized command execution under the victim’s permissions.
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Platform: Splunk Enterprise/Cloud
Version: Below 9.3.3/9.3.2408.103
Vulnerability: Privilege Escalation
Severity: Medium
Date: 07/21/2025
Prediction: Patch by 08/15/2025
What Undercode Say
Analytics:
curl -X POST 'https://<splunk-server>/app/search/search' -d 's=|riskycommand'
How Exploit:
Phish high-privileged user to trigger malicious search.
Protection from this CVE:
Update to patched versions.
Impact:
Unauthorized command execution.
Sources:
Reported By: nvd.nist.gov
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