CVE-2021-27258

CRITICAL

SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SaveUserSetting endpoint. The issue results from improper restriction of this endpoint to unprivileged users. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges their privileges from Guest to Administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-11903.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-192/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0864

EPSS Percentile 92.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Products (1)

solarwinds/orion_platform 2020.2

Published Apr 14, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026