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.
The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451 | vdb entry |
| http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 | exploit |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47232 | third party advisory |
| http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf | exploit |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/ | exploit |