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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-5607 · published 10 April 2017

CVE-2017-5607: Splunk information exposure vulnerability

Splunk · Splunk

Splunk Enterprise 5.0.x before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.13.1, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2 assigns the $C JS property to the global Window namespace, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive logged-in username and version-related information via a crafted webpage.

3.5 CVSS 3.0 Low EPSS 5.9% · top 7.1% CWE-200 · Information exposure
3.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 3.5
5.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 8 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Splunk Enterprise 5.0.x before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.13.1, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2 assigns the $C JS property to the global Window namespace, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive logged-in username and version-related information via a crafted webpage.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SPLUNK-ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION-THEFT.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/89 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540346/100/0/threaded ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97265 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97286 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038170 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41779/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPZ3#InformationLeakageviaJavaScriptCVE20175607 Vendor Advisory
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SPLUNK-ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION-THEFT.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/89 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540346/100/0/threaded ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97265 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97286 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038170 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41779/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPZ3#InformationLeakageviaJavaScriptCVE20175607 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-5607), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.