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CVE-2011-4642 mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary....

MediumCVSS 4.6 EPSS 28.6% Framework module Public exploit
Published
Updated
Exploit status
Public exploit available

Description

mappy.py in Splunk Web in Splunk 4.2.x before 4.2.5 does not properly restrict use of the mappy command to access Python classes, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the sys module in a request to the search application, as demonstrated by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack, aka SPL-45172.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
splunk = 4.2 No fix listed
splunk = 4.2.1 No fix listed
splunk = 4.2.2 No fix listed
splunk = 4.2.3 No fix listed
splunk = 4.2.4 No fix listed

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