CVE-2021-27258 (GCVE-0-2021-27258)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-14 15:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:48
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
zdi
References
Impacted products
Credits
Anonymous
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