CVE-2021-35244 Unrestricted File Upload Causing Remote Code Execution: Orion Platform 2020.2.6

What is CVE-2021-35244?

CVE-2021-35244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Orion Platform, 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

The "Log alert to a file" action within action management enables any Orion Platform user with Orion alert management rights to write to any file. An attacker with Orion alert management rights could use this vulnerability to perform an unrestricted file upload causing a remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-434

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35244?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Orion Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2021-35244?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-35244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35244 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-j7c8-fmh5-w5pf.