CVE-2021-35240
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-31 15:57
Modified
2024-08-04 00:33
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Summary
A security researcher stored XSS via a Help Server setting. This affects customers using Internet Explorer, because they do not support 'rel=noopener'.
References
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htmProduct, Vendor Advisory
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Mitigate-the-Stored-XSS-via-Help-Server-setting-CVE-2021-35240?language=en_USPatch, Vendor Advisory
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-1?language=en_USMitigation, Vendor Advisory
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35240Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htmProduct, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Mitigate-the-Stored-XSS-via-Help-Server-setting-CVE-2021-35240?language=en_USPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-1?language=en_USMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35240Vendor Advisory
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