CVE-2021-35248Unrestricted access to Orion.UserSettings SWIS entity for low-privilege users
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.92%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 39% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
It has been reported that any Orion user, e.g. guest accounts can query the Orion.UserSettings entity and enumerate users and their basic settings.
Timeline
ID reserved
By SolarWinds
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| SolarWindsCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.92% · top 39% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
- affected 2020.2.6 HF 2 and previous versions – < 2020.2.6 HF 3
What to do
Solution: This vulnerability has been fixed in Orion version 2020.2.6 HF3, customers are advised to upgrade to the latest version once it it is available.
Workaround: If you are unable to upgrade immediately. See SolarWinds Knowledgebase Article Below: https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Mitigate-the-Unrestricted-access-to-Orion-UserSettings-SWIS-entity-for-low-privilege-users-CVE-2021-35248
References
References3
- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35248 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-21891 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-35248)Record last updated .