CVE-2023-23836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SolarWinds Platform version 2022.4.1 was found to be susceptible to the Deserialization of Untrusted Data. This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with Orion admin-level account access to the SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2023-02-15

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 67.2% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SolarWinds

SolarWinds Platform

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2022.4.1 and prior versions`	affected	≤ 2022.4.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:orion_platform:2022.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

All SolarWinds Platform customers are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the SolarWinds Platform version 2023.1.

Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.67169.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/release_notes/solarwinds_platform_2023-1_release_notes.htm
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2023-23836

History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Solarwinds Orion Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: SolarWinds

Published: 2023-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-18T15:48:50.165Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23836

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:26.726Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-15T19:15:13.007

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:55.403

Link: CVE-2023-23836

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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