CVE-2023-22942

Cross-Site Request Forgery in the ‘ssg/kvstore_client’ REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

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Published Feb 14, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, a cross-site request forgery in the Splunk Secure Gateway (SSG) app in the ‘kvstore_client’ REST endpoint lets a potential attacker update SSG KV store collections using an HTTP GET request.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.1`	affected	< 8.1.13
`8.2`	affected	< 8.2.10
`9.0`	affected	< 9.0.4

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27044	In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13, 8.2.10, and 9.0.4, a cross-site request forgery in the Splunk Secure Gateway (SSG) app in the ‘kvstore_client’ REST endpoint lets a potential attacker update SSG KV store collections using an HTTP GET request.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.205% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0212
https://research.splunk.com/application/4742d5f7-ce00-45ce-9c79-5e98b43b4410/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Splunk Splunk

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 28, 2025, 11:03 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Splunk
Published: Feb 14, 2023, 5:22 PM
Updated: Feb 28, 2025, 11:03 AM
Reserved: Jan 10, 2023, 9:39 PM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 14, 2023, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:36 AM

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