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CVE-2023-32707
published 2023-06-01

CVE-2023-32707: In versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds a role…

PriorityP277high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
73.54%
99.4th percentile
In versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds a role that has the ‘edit_user’ capability assigned to it can escalate their privileges to that of the admin user by providing specially crafted web requests.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
splunksplunk>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.148.1.14
splunksplunk>= 8.2.0 < 8.2.118.2.11
splunksplunk>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.59.0.5
splunksplunk_cloud_platform< 9.0.2303.1009.0.2303.100
splunksplunk_cloud_platform>= - < 9.0.2303.1009.0.2303.100
splunksplunk_enterprise>= 8.1 < 8.1.148.1.14
splunksplunk_enterprise>= 8.2 < 8.2.118.2.11
splunksplunk_enterprise>= 9.0 < 9.0.59.0.5

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/services/authentication/users
port8089
commandPOST /services/authentication/users/{target_user}?output_mode=json with payload: password=<new_password>&force-change-pass=0&locked-out=0
  • The Metasploit module abuses the privilege escalation to change the admin password and then upload a malicious app for RCE — monitor for unexpected app uploads following admin password changes.
  • Flag GET requests to /services/authentication/users/<username>?output_mode=json from low-privileged accounts as potential reconnaissance for CVE-2023-32707 exploitation.
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