CVE-2017-12572
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x...
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation requiring administrative access, aka SPL-134104.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation requiring administrative access, aka SPL-134104.
- Record
CVE-2017-12572- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation requiring administrative access, aka SPL-134104.
- Record
CVE-2017-12572- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-4144 No score
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation requiring administrative access, aka SPL-134104.
- Record
EUVD-2017-4144- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p949-mvf5-2jgv
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x...
Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in Splunk Enterprise 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.3.x before 6.3.9 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2, with exploitation requiring administrative access, aka SPL-134104.
- Record
GHSA-p949-mvf5-2jgv- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-12572 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Splunk, published August 5, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.