CVE-2025-20369: Extensible Markup Language (XML) External Entity Injection (XXE) through Dashboard label field on Splunk Enterprise
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 privilege user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. The XXE injection has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) attacks.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L · CWE-776
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Splunk: Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk: Splunk Enterprise
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1004 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)