CVE-2021-35212 Blind SQL injection Vulnerability

What is CVE-2021-35212?

CVE-2021-35212 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SolarWinds Orion Platform, published on 31 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An SQL injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability was discovered in the Orion Platform reported by the ZDI Team. A blind Boolean SQL injection which could lead to full read/write over the Orion database content including the Orion certificate for any authenticated user.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35212?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Orion Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2021-35212?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35212 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2021-35212 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35212 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion Platform

• CVE-2020-10148 SolarWinds Orion Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27258 Privilege escalation in Orion Platform Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25274 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-9546 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-13169 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 9.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-pwc2-hr86-5482.