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)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Solarwinds Orion_platform
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.