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CVE-2012-2602

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) before 10.3.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create user accounts via CreateUserStepContainer actions to Admin/Accounts/Add/OrionAccount.aspx or (2) modify account privileges via a ynAdminRights action to Admin/Accounts/EditAccount.aspx.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-2602 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from solarwinds organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-08-12T16:55:00.903

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	solarwinds	orion_network_performance_monitor	≤ 10.2.2	Yes
Application	solarwinds	orion_network_performance_monitor	10.1.13.0	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/84116 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50004 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20011 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/174119 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54624 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/Orion/docs/ReleaseNotes/releaseNotes.htm ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/84116 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50004 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20011 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/174119 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54624 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/Orion/docs/ReleaseNotes/releaseNotes.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For solarwinds's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.