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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2021-27258

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-3fp3-2jwc-wxvv

Published

May 24, 2022 5:47 PM

Last Modified

July 30, 2022 12:00 AM

CVSS Score

9.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: October 5, 2025 6:32 AM

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