Low Privilege User can View Images on the Host Machine by using the PDF Export feature in Splunk Classic Dashboard
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions 9.3.0, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could view images on the machine that runs Splunk Enterprise by using the PDF export feature in Splunk classic dashboards. The images on the machine could be exposed by exporting the dashboard as a PDF, using the local image path in the img tag in the source extensible markup language (XML) code for the Splunk classic dashboard.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Splunk Enterprise (Splunk) Fixed in 9.2.3, 9.1.6
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Splunk Enterprise 9.1.6, 9.2.3
5 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-30707 Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to insecure session storage configuration in Splunk Enterprise on WindowsPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2024-30715 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via props.conf on Splunk EnterprisePriority MEDIUM 58
- TI-2024-30709 Improper Access Control for low-privileged user in Splunk Secure Gateway AppPriority MEDIUM 53
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45734
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q3q7-5v7p-vvhh
References
More Splunk vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-16444 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation and Truncation in a PostgreSQL Sidecar Service Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-24841 Remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through Insecure XML Parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-15979 ‘edit_user’ Capability Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-30707 Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to insecure session storage configuration in Splunk Enterprise on Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-21345 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the radio template in Splunk Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-45734 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45734 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q3q7-5v7p-vvhh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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