SB2023041833 - Multiple vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion Platform

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47509)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

2) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47505)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue within the TFTP Server service. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.

3) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36963)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the ExecuteExternalProgram method. A remote authenticated user with SolarWinds Platform admin account can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2022-47509
• https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2022-47505
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-458/
• https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2022-36963
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-457/