CVE-2023-23844

SolarWinds Platform Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Incorrect Comparison Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows users with administrative access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Platform. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the BlacklistedFilesChecker class. The issue results from an incomplete list of disallowed inputs. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM.

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-01-18 CVE Reserved
2023-07-26 CVE Published
2024-08-01 EPSS Updated
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CWE-697: Incorrect Comparison

CAPEC

CAPEC-6: Argument Injection

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/release_notes/solarwinds_platform_2023-3_release_notes.htm	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2023-23844	2023-08-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Solarwinds Search vendor "Solarwinds"		Solarwinds Platform Search vendor "Solarwinds" for product "Solarwinds Platform"				< 2023.3.0 Search vendor "Solarwinds" for product "Solarwinds Platform" and version " < 2023.3.0"		-		Affected