Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Orion Platform - CVE-2023-23836

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Orion Platform - CVE-2023-23836

Published: February 15, 2023 / Updated: February 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72305
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23836
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: SolarWinds
Affected software:
Orion Platform

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the CredentialInitializer() function. A remote user with Orion admin-level account access to the SolarWinds Web Console can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-23836

Install updates from vendor's website.

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