THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-27869
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-27869

Network Performance Monitor vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WriteToFile method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and reset the password for the Admin user. Was ZDI-CAN-11804.
Affected vendor
Solarwinds
Affected product
Network Performance Monitor
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2021-02-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-27869

  • Confirm whether Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-27869.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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