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CVE-2025-40552

SolarWinds Web Help Desk — SolarWinds Web Help Desk Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

EPSS 52%public exploitCVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 99.0.990 × 2019.8Exploit: SSVC poc+1010.0SSVC exploitation: poc+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an authentication bypass vulnerability that if exploited, would allow a malicious actor to execute actions and methods that should be protected by authentication.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Web Help Desk12.8.8 HF1 and below–CNA

Scores by source

SolarWinds (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

patchsolarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40552refdocumentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htmexploitgithub.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-SolarWinds-WebHelpDesk-CVE-2025-40552-CVE-2025-40553/blob/main/watchTowr-vs-SolarWinds-WebHelpDesk-CVE-2025-40552-CVE-2025-40553.py