CVE-2025-40537

high

Description

SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a hardcoded credentials vulnerability that, under certain situations, could allow access to administrative functions.

References

https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40537

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/cisa-adds-actively-exploited-solarwinds.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-flags-critical-solarwinds-rce-flaw-as-actively-exploited/

https://www.securityweek.com/solarwinds-patches-critical-web-help-desk-vulnerabilities/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/29/solarwinds-web-help-desk-rce-vulnerabilities/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/solarwinds-fixes-four-critical-web-help.html

https://securityaffairs.com/187470/security/solarwinds-addressed-four-critical-web-help-desk-flaws.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/solarwinds-warns-of-critical-web-help-desk-rce-auth-bypass-flaws/

https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/cve-2025-40551-another-solarwinds-web-help-desk-deserialization-issue/

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm#link6

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-28

Updated: 2026-02-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H