SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor UpdateActionsDescriptions SQL Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

September 30th, 2022
ZDI-22-1325 ZDI-CAN-17666

CVE ID

CVE-2022-36961

CVSS Score

8.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors

SolarWinds

Affected Products

Network Performance Monitor

Vulnerability Details

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 UpdateActionsDescriptions function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the user.

Additional Details

SolarWinds has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2022-36961

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2022-06-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2022-09-30 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

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