CVE-2021-35254 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SolarWinds received a report of a vulnerability related to an input that was not sanitized in WebHelpDesk. SolarWinds has removed this input field to prevent the misuse of this input in the future.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Solarwinds	Webhelpdesk

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:webhelpdesk::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:webhelpdesk:12.7.8:-::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Web-Help-Desk-12-7-8-Hotfix-1-Release-Notes?language=en_US
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35254

History

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Authenticated Remote Code Execution in WebHelpDesk 12.7.8	Authenticated Remote Code Execution in WebHelpDesk 12.7.8

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00166}`	epss `{'score': 0.00175}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: SolarWinds

Published: 2022-03-25T18:02:27.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T00:33:51.251Z

Reserved: 2021-06-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-35254

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-25T19:15:08.913

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:12:09.747

Link: CVE-2021-35254

Redhat

No data.

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