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SolarWinds Orion Platform: Stored XSS Via Help Server Setting Vulnerability (CVE-2021-35240)

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SolarWinds Orion Platform: Stored XSS Via Help Server Setting Vulnerability (CVE-2021-35240)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/31/2021
Created
12/01/2021
Added
11/30/2021
Modified
11/30/2021

Description

A security researcher stored XSS via a Help Server setting. This affects customers using Internet Explorer, because they do not support 'rel=noopener'.

Solution(s)

  • solarwinds-orion-platform-upgrade-2020_2_6

References

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