VULNERABILITY

SolarWinds Orion Platform: Escalate privileges on affected installations (CVE-2021-27258)

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SolarWinds Orion Platform: Escalate privileges on affected installations (CVE-2021-27258)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/14/2021
Created
04/27/2021
Added
04/27/2021
Modified
04/27/2021

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SaveUserSetting endpoint. The issue results from improper restriction of this endpoint to unprivileged users. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges their privileges from Guest to Administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-11903.

Solution(s)

  • solarwinds-orion-platform-upgrade-latest

References

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