CVE-2025-40554 (GCVE-0-2025-40554)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-28 07:36
Modified
2026-02-26 15:04
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an authentication bypass vulnerability that, if exploited, could allow an attacker to invoke specific actions within Web Help Desk.
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Vendor Product Version
SolarWinds Web Help Desk Version: 12.8.8 HF1 and below
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