CVE-2020-27869

8.8 highEPSS 5.3%

High (8.8) in solarwinds network performance monitor. EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WriteToFile method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and reset the password for the Admin user. Was ZDI-CAN-11804.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-89
Published: 2021-02-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

solarwinds:network_performance_monitor

References

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