THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-35213
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-35213

Orion Platform vulnerability

CVSS
8.9
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
An Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation Vulnerability was discovered in the User Setting of Orion Platform version 2020.2.5. It allows a guest user to elevate privileges to the Administrator using this vulnerability. Authentication is required to exploit the vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Solarwinds
Affected product
Orion Platform
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
Published
2021-08-31

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-35213

  • Confirm whether Solarwinds Orion Platform is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-35213.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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