01 Record
CVE-2021-35240
Stored XSS via Help Server settings
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: SolarWinds
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
02 Description
Stored XSS via Help Server settings
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-31 15:57Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 00:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-06-22
- Assigning CNA
- SolarWinds
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 90fd1143901190772d2aca40fe335218004f17be9ee303e732d52356d4bd4a59
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- documentation.solarwinds.comhttps://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htm
- support.solarwinds.comhttps://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-1?language=en_US
- www.solarwinds.comhttps://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35240
- support.solarwinds.comhttps://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Mitigate-the-Stored-XSS-via-Help-Server-setting-CVE-2021-35240?language=en_US
07 Remediation
SolarWinds recommends installing 2020.2.6 Hotfix 1 for the Orion Platform as soon as it becomes available. All customers should implement all the recommendations from the Orion Secure Configuration Guide.