CVE-2022-36960 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-36960

SolarWinds Platform Improper Input Validation

Vulnerability Description

SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to Improper Input Validation. This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with valid access to SolarWinds Web Console to escalate user privileges.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • SolarWinds would like to thank Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting on the issue in a responsible manner.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SolarWinds Platform, Orion Platform
Vulnerable Versions:
2022.3 and prior versions, 2020.2.6 HF5 and prior versions

Timeline

Official Publish: November 29th, 2022
Last Modified: April 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287 CWE-20

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1556 Modify Authentication Process
Credential Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact