CVE-2018-7431
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Splunk Django App in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Splunk Django App in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3; and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Splunk Django App in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3; and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2018-7431- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Splunk Django App in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3; and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2018-7431- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19162 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Splunk Django App in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3; and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2018-19162- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x9r7-56jf-m5cj
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Splunk Django App in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Splunk Django App in Splunk Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3; and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-x9r7-56jf-m5cj- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- 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-2018-7431 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Splunk, published October 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.28%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.