CVE-2021-32076

Access Restriction bypass vulnerability via referrer spoof - Business Logic Bypass

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2021 at 02:53 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWeb Help Desk

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Access Restriction Bypass via referrer spoof was discovered in SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.2. An attacker can access the 'Web Help Desk Getting Started Wizard', especially the admin account creation page, from a non-privileged IP address network range or loopback address by intercepting the HTTP request and changing the referrer from the public IP address to the loopback.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 12.7.2v ≤ 12.7.5

Remediation

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMSolarWinds
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-290

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