THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-27994
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-27994

Serv U vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
SolarWinds Serv-U before 15.2.2 allows Authenticated Directory Traversal.
Affected vendor
Solarwinds
Affected product
Serv U
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2021-02-03

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.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-27994

  • Confirm whether Solarwinds Serv U is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-27994.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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