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CVE-2011-4642 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/47232	CVE
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/	CVE	Exploit
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233	CVE	Exploit
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451	CVE
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47232	[email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451	[email protected]
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGMM	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-352	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
splunk splunk	4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:4.2.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]