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CVE-2022-47506 (GCVE-0-2022-47506)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-18 19:12
VLAI
Title
SolarWinds Platform Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Summary
SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Directory Traversal Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows a local adversary with authenticated account access to edit the default configuration, enabling the execution of arbitrary commands.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-18 19:12 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SolarWinds SolarWinds Platform Affected: 2022.4.1 and prior versions 2022.4.1
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Date Public
2023-02-14 16:00
Credits
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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