Sigma rule: Potential CVE-2023-46214 Exploitation Attempt

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-a69cfa9e69d8, updated 2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Potential CVE-2023-46214 Exploitation Attempt
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Bhavin Patel (STRT)
Date
2023-11-27
File
rules-emerging-threats/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-46214/web_cve_2023_46214_rce_splunk_enterprise.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects potential exploitation of CVE-2023-46214, a remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through insecure XML parsing

Log source

category
webserver

Detection

selection:
    cs-method: POST
    cs-uri-query|contains|all:
        - 'NO_BINARY_CHECK=1'
        - 'input.path'
    cs-uri-query|endswith: '.xsl'
    sc-status:
        - 200
        - 302
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.lateral-movement
  • attack.t1210
  • cve.2023-46214
  • detection.emerging-threats

CVEs this rule names

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-46214/web_cve_2023_46214_rce_splunk_enterprise.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potential CVE-2023-46214 Exploitation Attempt" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Bhavin Patel (STRT) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-46214/web_cve_2023_46214_rce_splunk_enterprise.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential CVE-2023-46214 Exploitation Attempt",
entity page, dataset version ref-a69cfa9e69d8, updated 2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/04017cd5-621e-4ec4-a762-1f042fe3d3e5 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 04017cd5-621e-4ec4-a762-1f042fe3d3e5, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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