CVE-2020-27869

high-risk
Published 2021-02-12

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WriteToFile method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and reset the password for the Admin user. Was ZDI-CAN-11804.

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62.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 38% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Solarwinds

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-064/
Third Party Advisory https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-064/
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low