# CVE-2022-36960: SolarWinds Platform Improper Input Validation

> A remote attacker with valid Web Console access can escalate privileges due to improper input validation in SolarWinds Platform.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m5r3-w5hq-w9c2

## What is CVE-2022-36960?

CVE-2022-36960 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Orion Platform, published on 29 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to Improper Input Validation. This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with valid access to SolarWinds Web Console to escalate user privileges.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36960?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solarwinds Orion Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-36960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-36960 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion Platform

- [CVE-2020-10148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10148/): SolarWinds Orion Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-27258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27258/): Privilege escalation in Orion Platform (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-25274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25274/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-9546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9546/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-13169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13169/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36960 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-36960 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Orion Platform, published on 29 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SolarWinds Orion Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36960/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36960/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36960
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36960
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36960

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36960/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.