CVE-2021-35234 Exposed Dangerous Functions - Privileged Escalation

What is CVE-2021-35234?

CVE-2021-35234 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SolarWinds Orion Core, published on 20 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Numerous exposed dangerous functions within Orion Core has allows for read-only SQL injection leading to privileged escalation. An attacker with low-user privileges may steal password hashes and password salt information.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35234?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Orion Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2021-35234?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35234 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-2021-35234 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35234 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion Core

• 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

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