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SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2.0 < 15.5 / 15.4.0 < 15.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities XSS

high Nessus Plugin ID 209168

Synopsis

SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of SolarWinds Serv-U installed on the remote host is prior to 15.5 / 15.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the serv-u_15_5 advisory.

 - SolarWinds Serv-U is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability where remote code execution is possible depending on privileges given to the authenticated user. This issue requires a user to be authenticated and this is present when software environment variables are abused. Authentication is required for this vulnerability (CVE-2024-45711)

 - Application is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) an authenticated attacker with users' permissions can modify a variable with a payload. (CVE-2024-45714)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Serv-U version 15.5 / 15.5 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?837df8b1

http://www.nessus.org/u?78df3186

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209168

File Name: solarwinds_serv-u_15_5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: FTP

Published: 10/17/2024

Updated: 10/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45711

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/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:serv-u, cpe:/a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server, cpe:/a:serv-u:serv-u

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Serv-U

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45711, CVE-2024-45714