Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-4644

Title: Splunk Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2011-4644

CWE Category CWE-287
Published Date Jan 03, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
7.83%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-4644: Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier, when a Free license is selected, enables potentially undesirable functionality within an environment that intentionally does not support authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a management-console session that leverages the ability to create crafted data sources, or (2) execute management commands via an HTTP request.

Impacted Vendors

S
splunk 1
J
jenkins 1

Reference Links

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.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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-4644 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245
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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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.