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GHSA-855X-QR5W-6PWV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-23 18:30 – Updated: 2022-11-28 18:30

Details

The application fails to prevent users from connecting to it over unencrypted connections. An attacker able to modify a legitimate user's network traffic could bypass the application's use of SSL/TLS encryption and use the application as a platform for attacks against its users.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2021-35246 (GCVE-0-2021-35246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-23 16:48 – Updated: 2025-04-25 18:18

Title

Unprotected Transport of Credentials (HSTS) Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-25 18:18 UTC

CWE

CWE-319 - Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context

Assigner

SolarWinds CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 83/100 over 23 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-…
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_c…
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CV…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
SolarWinds	Engineer's Toolset	Affected: 2022.3 and previous versions

Credits

Justo Socarras

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