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A reflected XSS vulnerability in Splunk 4.0 through 4.3?

Hajime
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Hi,

Does the reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability (SPL-59895, CVE-2012-6447) affect to Splunk 4.0 through 4.3?

If that versions are affected, please tell me what to do.

Thanks,

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jbsplunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

SPL-59895 (CVE-2012-6447 reserved) is for 5.0.0-5.0.2.

The same issue in 4.3.0-4.3.5 is tracked as SPL-60629 (CVE-2013-2766) and was
fixed in 4.3.6 as announced here:

http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAHSQ

This was already answered:

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/62315/cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-splunk-40-thro...

Recommendation/Mitigation is to upgrade to at least 4.3.6 or 5.0.3

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jbsplunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

SPL-59895 (CVE-2012-6447 reserved) is for 5.0.0-5.0.2.

The same issue in 4.3.0-4.3.5 is tracked as SPL-60629 (CVE-2013-2766) and was
fixed in 4.3.6 as announced here:

http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAHSQ

This was already answered:

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/62315/cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-splunk-40-thro...

Recommendation/Mitigation is to upgrade to at least 4.3.6 or 5.0.3

Hajime
Path Finder

Thank you for answering my questions.

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