What is CVE-2022-47505?

CVE-2022-47505 is a high-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-47505?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Solarwinds Orion Platform

CVE-2022-47505

The SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows a local adversary with a valid system user account to escalate local privileges.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2023-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Solarwinds Orion Platform
Solarwinds Platform — versions 2023.1 and prior versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/release_no… (Release Notes)
www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2022-47505 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-47505?: CVE-2022-47505 is a high-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-47505?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.