CVE-2021-35214 Session Management Vulnerability
Attackers can maintain unauthorized access via active sessions after a user changes their password or email, requiring a patch to enforce session invalidation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-35214?
CVE-2021-35214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Pingdom, published on 12 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The vulnerability in SolarWinds Pingdom can be described as a failure to invalidate user session upon password or email address change. When running multiple active sessions in separate browser windows, it was observed a password or email address change could be changed without terminating the user session. This issue has been resolved on September 13, 2021.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35214?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Solarwinds Pingdom.
How do I fix CVE-2021-35214?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35214 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-35214 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35214 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r8pm-g6v2-5wgx.