XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform
CVE-2025-20369

4.6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Splunk
Status
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Cloud Platform
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 October 2025

What is CVE-2025-20369?

A vulnerability exists in Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 9.4.4 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, allowing low privilege users to exploit XML external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access or denial of service (DoS) attacks, posing a significant risk to system integrity and availability. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest versions to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3.2411 < 9.3.2411.108

Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3.2408 < 9.3.2408.118

Splunk Cloud Platform 9.2.2406 < 9.2.2406.123

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1004

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Eric LaMothe, Splunk
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CVE-2025-20369 : XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform