What is CVE-2020-13169?

CVE-2020-13169 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2020-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-13169?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

XSS in Solarwinds Orion Platform

CVE-2020-13169

Stored XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) exists in the SolarWinds Orion Platform before before 2020.2.1 on multiple forms and pages. This vulnerability may lead to the Information Disclosure and Escalation of Privileges (takeover of administrator account).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-09-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Solarwinds Orion Platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/ (Vendor Advisory)
documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/orionplatform/Content/Release_No… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13169?: CVE-2020-13169 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2020-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-13169?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.