Detection: Splunk Stored XSS conf-web Settings on Premises

Updated Date: 2024-07-01 ID: ed1209ef-228d-4dab-9856-be9369925a5c Author: Rod Soto, Chase Franklin Type: Hunting Product: Splunk Enterprise Security

Description

This hunting detection provides information on exploitation of stored XSS against /configs/conf-web/settings by an admin level user.

1`splunk_python` *script* *eval* 
2| stats min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime by index, sourcetype, host 
3| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
4| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
5| `splunk_stored_xss_conf_web_settings_on_premises_filter`

Data Source

Name Platform Sourcetype Source Supported App
Splunk Splunk icon Splunk 'splunkd_ui_access' 'splunkd_ui_access.log' N/A

Macros Used

Name Value
security_content_ctime convert timeformat="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" ctime($field$)
splunk_stored_xss_conf_web_settings_on_premises_filter search *
splunk_stored_xss_conf_web_settings_on_premises_filter is an empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Annotations

- MITRE ATT&CK
+ Kill Chain Phases
+ NIST
+ CIS
- Threat Actors
ID Technique Tactic
T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
KillChainPhase.DELIVERY
NistCategory.DE_AE
Cis18Value.CIS_10
APT19
APT28
APT32
APT37
APT38
Andariel
Axiom
BRONZE BUTLER
Dark Caracal
Darkhotel
Dragonfly
Earth Lusca
Elderwood
Lazarus Group
Leafminer
Leviathan
Machete
Magic Hound
Mustard Tempest
PLATINUM
PROMETHIUM
Patchwork
RTM
Threat Group-3390
Transparent Tribe
Turla
Windigo
Windshift

Default Configuration

This detection is configured by default in Splunk Enterprise Security to run with the following settings:

Setting Value
Disabled true
Cron Schedule 0 * * * *
Earliest Time -70m@m
Latest Time -10m@m
Schedule Window auto
Creates Risk Event False
This configuration file applies to all detections of type hunting.

Implementation

Requires access to internal indexes.

Known False Positives

This is a hunting search and will produce false positives, operator must identify XSS elemetns in the splunk_python log related to the vulnerable endpoint.

Associated Analytic Story

Risk Based Analytics (RBA)

Risk Message Risk Score Impact Confidence
Possible XSS attack against $host$ 20 20 100
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

References

Detection Testing

Test Type Status Dataset Source Sourcetype
Validation ✅ Passing N/A N/A N/A
Unit ✅ Passing Dataset /opt/splunk/var/log/splunk/python.log splunk_python
Integration ✅ Passing Dataset /opt/splunk/var/log/splunk/python.log splunk_python

Replay any dataset to Splunk Enterprise by using our replay.py tool or the UI. Alternatively you can replay a dataset into a Splunk Attack Range

Source: GitHub | Version: 1