Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-35234

High

Published: 20 December 2021

Published
20 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0083 74.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-35234 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 25.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Numerous exposed dangerous functions within Orion Core has allows for read-only SQL injection leading to privileged escalation. An attacker with low-user privileges may steal password hashes and password salt information.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

solarwinds
orion platform
2020.2.6 · ≤ 2020.2.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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