Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-4856
CVE-2016-4856
Description
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise 6.3.x prior to 6.3.5 and Splunk Light 6.3.x prior to 6.3.5 allows attacker with administrator rights to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.0:*:*:*:light:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.1:*:*:*:light:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.2:*:*:*:light:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.3:*:*:*:light:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.4:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.3.4:*:*:*:light:*:*:*
- Range: <6.3.5
- Range: <6.3.5
- Splunk Inc./Splunk Enterprisev5Range: 6.3.x prior to 6.3.5
- Splunk Inc./Splunk Lightv5Range: 6.3.x prior to 6.3.5
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92990nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN71462075/index.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPN9nvdVendor Advisory
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