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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 8.1 – < 8.1.14, 8.2 – < 8.2.11, 9.0 – < 9.0.5 | 8.1.14 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform | - – < 9.0.2303.100 | 9.0.2303.100 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Splunk "edit_user" Capability Privilege Escalation
exploit/multi/http/splunk_privilege_escalation_cve_2023_32707
Exploit-DB 1
- Splunk 9.0.5 - admin account take over EDB-51747 · webapps · Oct 9, 2023
GitHub 1 repository
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9xN/CVE-2023-32707 ★ 2 · Nov 14, 2023
An improved POC exploit based on the reported CVE on exploitdb
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2023-1346 Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 9, 2023