CVE-2021-35234: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor TextToSpeech Exposed Dangerous Function Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Dec 20, 2021
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Updated

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.

Other sources

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Email class. A crafted request can trigger execution of SQL queries composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to the level of an administrator.

ZDI

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the PlaySound class. A crafted request can trigger execution of SQL queries composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to the level of an application administrator.

ZDI

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SendSyslog class. This class allows a crafted user-supplied string to be processed as an SQL statement. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to the level of an application administrator.

ZDI

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SolarWinds.Orion.Core.Actions.dll module. A crafted request can trigger execution of SQL queries composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to the level of an application administrator.

ZDI

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the TextToSpeech class. A crafted request can trigger execution of SQL queries composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to the level of an application administrator.

ZDI

Affected Software

5 affected components
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds Orion Platform<=2020.2.5
SolarWinds Orion Platform=2020.2.6
SolarWinds Orion Platform=2020.2.6-hotfix1
SolarWinds Orion Platform=2020.2.6-hotfix2

Remediation

Information

The SolarWinds Development Team has created a fix for this vulnerability by revoking permission to non-admin users when running SQL Queries. SolarWinds advises its customers to upgrade to the latest version (2020.2.6 HF3) once it becomes generally available.

Event History

Dec 20, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:08 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:08 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeakness
Feb 27, 2025
Advisory Published
via ZDI·05:19 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2021-35234?

CVE-2021-35234 is a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2021-35234?

The severity of CVE-2021-35234 is high, with a severity value of 8.8.

3

How can I exploit CVE-2021-35234?

Authentication is required to exploit CVE-2021-35234.

4

How do I fix CVE-2021-35234?

To fix CVE-2021-35234, update to the recommended versions provided by SolarWinds and apply the necessary hotfixes.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2021-35234?

You can find more information about CVE-2021-35234 in the references provided by SolarWinds.

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