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CVE-2020-27869

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-27869 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020 HF1 and 2020.2. The flaw, stemming from improper validation of user-supplied input in SQL queries, allows an authenticated remote attacker to reset the Admin user's password. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score indicate a strong potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2020CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:network_performance_monitor:2020:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2020.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:network_performance_monitor:2020.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0509 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-21-064
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry