Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier, when a Free license is selected, enables potentially undesirable functionality within an environment that intentionally does not support authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a management-console session that leverages the ability to create crafted data sources, or (2) execute management commands via an HTTP request
Published Jan 3, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.51%
Description
Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier, when a Free license is selected, enables potentially undesirable functionality within an environment that intentionally does not support authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a management-console session that leverages the ability to create crafted data sources, or (2) execute management commands via an HTTP request.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.2.5
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.6
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.2.4
- 3.2.5
- 3.2.6
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.3.4
- 3.4
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
- 3.4.3
- 3.4.5
- 3.4.6
- 3.4.8
- 3.4.9
- 3.4.10
- 3.4.11
- 3.4.12
- 3.4.13
- 3.4.14
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6
- 4.1.7
- 4.1.8
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.2.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.51% (0.07514) | 94.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.83% (0.07832) | 93.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 5.28% (0.05279) | 89.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 24, 2025 | 3.72% (0.03721) | 87.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06656) | 90.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.01% (0.10007) | 88.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06656) | 90.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00804) | 82.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00804) | 81.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 22, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00804) | 79.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2023 | 1.07% (0.01067) | 82.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01115) | 82.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf x_refsource_MISCExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf | x_refsource_MISCExploit |
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