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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-15910 · published 19 October 2020

CVE-2020-15910: Solarwinds n-central incorrect permission assignment vulnerability

Solarwinds · N Central

SolarWinds N-Central version 12.3 GA and lower does not set the JSESSIONID attribute to HTTPOnly. This makes it possible to influence the cookie with javascript. An attacker could send the user to a prepared webpage or by influencing JavaScript to the extract the JESSIONID. This could then be forwarded to the attacker.

4.7 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 5.6% · top 7.4% CWE-732 · Incorrect permission assignment
4.7CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
5.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

SolarWinds N-Central version 12.3 GA and lower does not set the JSESSIONID attribute to HTTPOnly. This makes it possible to influence the cookie with javascript. An attacker could send the user to a prepared webpage or by influencing JavaScript to the extract the JESSIONID. This could then be forwarded to the attacker.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://limenetworks.nl/wp-content/uploads/CVE-934261-v-1.2.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://www.solarwindsmsp.com/products/n-central Product
https://limenetworks.nl/wp-content/uploads/CVE-934261-v-1.2.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://www.solarwindsmsp.com/products/n-central Product

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-15910), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.