Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-52606

SSRF in Solarwinds Platform ≤ 2025.1

Published
11 February 2025
Modified
25 February 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.024 83th percentile
Risk Priority 36 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-52606 is a low-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Solarwinds Solarwinds Platform. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 17% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-52606 is a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the SolarWinds Platform, stemming from inadequate input sanitization that enables malicious web requests. Mapped to CWE-918, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.5 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), indicating low severity with adjacent network access required, low attack complexity, and low privileges needed.

Exploitation requires an authenticated user with low privileges on an adjacent network, who can then craft requests to forge server-side interactions. Successful attacks result in low integrity impact, potentially allowing manipulation of internal requests without compromising confidentiality or availability.

SolarWinds addresses the issue in the Platform 2025.1 release, as detailed in the release notes. Additional mitigation guidance and details are provided in the vendor's security advisory at https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2024-52606. Practitioners should update to the patched version promptly.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

SolarWinds Platform is affected by server-side request forgery vulnerability. Proper input sanitation was not applied allowing for the possibility of a malicious web request.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

solarwinds
solarwinds platform
≤ 2025.1

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.6
  • V1.5.3
  • V5.3.2
  • V10.4.7

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Information flow enforcement can restrict which destinations the server is allowed to contact on behalf of users.

Input validation directly stops untrusted URLs from being accepted and fetched without destination checks.

Boundary protection limits the network reach of server-initiated requests even if SSRF occurs.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure development practices directly include input validation and destination allow-listing that prevent SSRF.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of web applications and services can detect anomalous outbound requests indicative of SSRF.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record SSRF flaws in web applications.

PR.IR-01 partial match
prevents

Network segmentation and egress controls can limit the damage from successful SSRF requests.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Operational threat data describing SSRF campaigns can be used to tighten outbound-request allow-lists and detection rules before attackers exploit them.

References