Paper/Archive/CVE-2021-27258

CVE-2021-27258

SolarWinds Orion Platform — This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2.

EPSS 4%CVSS 9.8

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.8 (CNA, NVD agree)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 90.5.905 × 2018.1 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

Orion Platform2020.2–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

zdi (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refzerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-192