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Detection: Splunk Stored XSS conf-web Settings on Premises

REMOVED DETECTION

This detection has been removed from the Splunk Threat Research content library and is no longer maintained or supported.

Reason: Detection is deprecated as the associated CVEs have been patched in the latest Splunk release.

Removed in version: 5.6.0

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at research@splunk.com.

Updated Date: 2026-05-14 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
Splunk Splunk icon Splunk 'splunkd_ui_access' 'splunkd_ui_access.log'

Macros Used

Name Value
splunk_python index=_internal sourcetype=splunk_python
splunk_stored_xss_conf_web_settings_on_premises_filter ``
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

CVE

Default Configuration

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

Setting Value
Disabled true
Cron Schedule N/A
Earliest Time N/A
Latest Time N/A
Schedule Window N/A
Creates Finding (Notable) No
Creates Intermediate Finding (Risk Event) No
Hunting detections do not generate a Finding (Notable) or Intermediate Findings (Risk Events).

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

References

Detection Testing

Test Type Status Dataset Source Sourcetype
Validation Not Applicable N/A N/A N/A
Unit Not Applicable N/A N/A N/A

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: 5