CVE-2014-5198 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Splunk Web in Splunk Enterprise 6.1.x before 6.1.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Referer HTTP header.

Published: 2014-08-12

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.1::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.1.1::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.1.2::::enterprise:::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-5096	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Splunk Web in Splunk Enterprise 6.1.x before 6.1.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Referer HTTP header.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01773.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/59940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030690
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAM9H

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Splunk Splunk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-12T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:12:54.478Z

Reserved: 2014-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5198

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-08-12T20:55:03.963

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:11:12.023

Link: CVE-2014-5198

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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