CVE-2021-27258
SolarWinds Orion Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 14, 2021, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 29, 2022, 1:25 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2021-27258
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URL | Resource |
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https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-192/ | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-192/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-192/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:orion_platform:2020.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-27258
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-27258
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.70 }} 0.52%
score
0.90623
percentile