Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-4643

Title: Splunk Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2011-4643

CWE Category CWE-22
Published Date Jan 03, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-4643: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Splunk 4.x before 4.2.5 allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URI to (1) Splunk Web or (2) the Splunkd HTTP Server, aka SPL-45243.

Impacted Vendors

S
splunk 1
J
jenkins 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/47232 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/ http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451 http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72244 http://secunia.com/advisories/47232 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/ http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451 http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72244
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-4643 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.