{"cve":"CVE-2011-4642","nvd":{"published":"2012-01-03T11:55:03.690","modified":"2026-06-16T23:35:11.427","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-352"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/47232","http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/","http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233","http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026451"],"products":["splunk:splunk"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:59:31.623151214+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-4642","score":0.28615,"percentile":0.98136,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}