What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-20368?

CVE-2025-20368 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.7 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Splunk are affected by CVE-2025-20368?

Organizations using Splunk Enterprise should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-20368, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.7.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-20368?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running Splunk Enterprise and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Splunk CVE-2025-20368

EUVD-2025-32709 MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2025-10-01 psirt@cisco.com

XSS Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform

5.7

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.7 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch available

Apr 16, 2026 - 05:29 EUVD

9.3.2408.118,9.2.2406.123,9.3.2411.108

EUVD ID Assigned

Mar 13, 2026 - 18:18 euvd

EUVD-2025-32709

Analysis Generated

Mar 13, 2026 - 18:18 vuln.today

CVE Published

Oct 01, 2025 - 17:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.7

DescriptionCVE.org

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the error messages and job inspection details of a saved search. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

Analysis

Technical ContextAI

Cross-site scripting (XSS) allows injection of client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users due to insufficient output encoding.

RemediationAI

Encode all user-supplied output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers. Use HTTPOnly and Secure cookie flags.

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