# CVE-2021-35232: Hard credentials discovered in SolarWinds Web Help Desk which allows to execute Arbitrary Hibernate Queries

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-27
- CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1)
- EPSS: 0.3% (25th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-798

Hard coded credentials discovered in SolarWinds Web Help Desk product. Through these credentials, the attacker with local access to the Web Help Desk host machine allows to execute arbitrary HQL queries against the database and leverage the vulnerability to steal the password hashes of the users or insert arbitrary data into the database.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Before feed history | — | — |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | Before feed history | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2023-07-11 | — |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | Before feed history | — | — |

### F5

- 2023-07-11 · updated · rule 200102049
  > Updated: signature 200102049 "SolarWinds arbitrary HSQL query execution" (SQL-Injection, risk High), systems: Java Servlets/JSP. References: CVE-2021-35232.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog
- 2023-08-08 · updated · rule 200102049
  > Updated: signature 200102049 "SolarWinds arbitrary HSQL query execution" (SQL-Injection, risk High), systems: Java Servlets/JSP. References: CVE-2021-35232.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog
- 2024-03-12 · updated · rule 200102049
  > Updated: signature 200102049 "SolarWinds Web Help Desk Default Credentials" (SQL-Injection, risk High), systems: Java Servlets/JSP. References: CVE-2021-35232.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog
- 2024-05-21 · updated · rule 200102049
  > Updated: signature 200102049 "SolarWinds Web Help Desk Default Credentials" (SQL-Injection, risk High), systems: Java Servlets/JSP. References: CVE-2021-35232.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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