CVE-2021-35248
Unrestricted access to Orion.UserSettings SWIS entity for low-privilege users
It has been reported that any Orion user, e.g. guest accounts can query the Orion.UserSettings entity and enumerate users and their basic settings.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Unrestricted access to Orion.UserSettings SWIS entity for low-privilege users
It has been reported that any Orion user, e.g. guest accounts can query the Orion.UserSettings entity and enumerate users and their basic settings.
- Record
CVE-2021-35248- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-21891
It has been reported that any Orion user, e.g. guest accounts can query the Orion.UserSettings entity and enumerate users and their basic settings.
- Record
EUVD-2021-21891- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qrg3-9cf5-hgw8
It has been reported that any Orion user, e.g. guest accounts can query the Orion.UserSettings...
It has been reported that any Orion user, e.g. guest accounts can query the Orion.UserSettings entity and enumerate users and their basic settings.
- Record
GHSA-qrg3-9cf5-hgw8- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
It has been reported that any Orion user, e.g. guest accounts can query the Orion.UserSettings entity and enumerate users and their basic settings.
- Record
CVE-2021-35248- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-35248 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Solarwinds Orion, published December 20, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35248
support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-3
documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htm
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35248
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qrg3-9cf5-hgw8