SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2.0 < 2020.2.4

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159004

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Description

The version of SolarWinds Orion Platform installed on the remote host is prior to 2020.2.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the orion_platform_2020_2_4 advisory.

- 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. (CVE-2021-27258)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159004

File Name: solarwinds_orion_platform_2020_2_4.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Agent: windows

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/17/2022

Updated: 3/17/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27258

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:solarwinds:orion_platform

Required KB Items: installed_sw/SolarWinds Orion Core

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27258

IAVA: 2021-A-0151-S

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