What is CVE-2022-47506?

CVE-2022-47506 is a high-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-47506?

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

Path Traversal in Solarwinds Orion Platform

CVE-2022-47506

SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Directory Traversal Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows a local adversary with authenticated account access to edit the default configuration, enabling the execution of arbitrary commands.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-02-15 · 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: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Solarwinds Orion Platform — versions 2022.4.1
Solarwinds Platform — versions 2022.4.1 and prior versions 2022.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/release_no… (Vendor Advisory)
www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2022-47506 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-47506?: CVE-2022-47506 is a high-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-47506?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.