6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-35232
SolarWinds Web Help Desk HQL Injection
Description

Hard coded credentials discovered in SolarWinds Web Help Desk product. Through these credentials, the attacker with local access to the Web Help Desk host machine allows to execute arbitrary HQL queries against the database and leverage the vulnerability to steal the password hashes of the users or insert arbitrary data into the database.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 27, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 17, 2024, 4:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

2.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-35232 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Solarwinds webhelpdesk
2 Solarwinds web_help_desk
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-35232.

URL Resource
https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Web-Help-Desk-12-7-7-Hotfix-1-Release-Notes?language=en_US Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35232 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-35232 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
Critical SolarWinds Flaw Exposes 827 Instances: PoC Exploit Unveiled for CVE-2024-28987

Security researcher Zach Hanley from Horizon3.ai published the technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a critical hardcoded credential vulnerability, CVE-2024-28987, in the pop ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 30, 2024 (1 month ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-35232 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Hard coded credentials discovered in SolarWinds Web Help Desk product. Through these credentials, the attacker with local access to the Web Help Desk host machine allows to execute arbitrary HQL queries against the database and leverage the vulnerability to steal the password hashes of the users or insert arbitrary data into the database. Hard coded credentials discovered in SolarWinds Web Help Desk product. Through these credentials, the attacker with local access to the Web Help Desk host machine allows to execute arbitrary HQL queries against the database and leverage the vulnerability to steal the password hashes of the users or insert arbitrary data into the database.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE SolarWinds CWE-200
    Added CWE SolarWinds CWE-798
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-200 / More specific CWE option available
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Web-Help-Desk-12-7-7-Hotfix-1-Release-Notes?language=en_US No Types Assigned https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Web-Help-Desk-12-7-7-Hotfix-1-Release-Notes?language=en_US Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35232 No Types Assigned https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35232 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-798
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:webhelpdesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 12.7.6
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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