CVE-2021-35213 Orion User setting Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

What is CVE-2021-35213?

CVE-2021-35213 is a high-severity 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 Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation Vulnerability was discovered in the User Setting of Orion Platform version 2020.2.5. It allows a guest user to elevate privileges to the Administrator using this vulnerability. Authentication is required to exploit the vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35213?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Orion Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2021-35213?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-35213 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35213 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-8mwr-p576-fpf9.