# CVE-2025-20368: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through missing field warning messages in Saved Search and Job Inspector on Splunk Enterprise

> CVE-2025-20368: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through missing field warning messages in Saved Search and Job Inspector on Splunk Enterprise. CVSS 5.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-20368
Last updated: 2026-10-18T21:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-10-01 16:08 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-18 21:10 UTC · Assigner: cisco
- CVSS: 5.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.37%, 30th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-79

## Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the error messages and job inspection details of a saved search. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

## Affected vendors and products

- Splunk: Splunk Cloud Platform
- Splunk: Splunk Enterprise

## Tracked companies

- [Splunk](https://rewindex.com/company/splunk.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20368)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20368)
- [https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1003](https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1003)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-20368 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-20368.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-20368 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:17.614Z