# CVE-2023-23845: SolarWinds Platform Exposed Dangerous Method Vulnerability

> Administrative users can execute arbitrary commands with NETWORK SERVICE privileges due to an incorrect comparison vulnerability in the SolarWinds Web Console.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4vhg-qvjq-w8m6

## What is CVE-2023-23845?

CVE-2023-23845 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in SolarWinds Platform, published on 13 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Incorrect Comparison Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows users with administrative access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands with NETWORK SERVICE privileges.

Weakness: CWE-697 (Incorrect Comparison)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23845?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solarwinds Orion Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23845?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds 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-2023-23845 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23845 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in SolarWinds Platform, published on 13 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SolarWinds 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-2023-23845/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23845/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23845
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23845
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23845

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23845/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.