CVE-2025-40537 (GCVE-0-2025-40537)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-28 07:31
Modified
2026-02-26 15:04
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Summary
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SolarWinds Web Help Desk Version: 12.8.8 HF1 and below
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