CVE-2025-40537

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  3. CVE-2025-40537
SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a hardcoded credentials vulnerability that, under certain situations, could allow access to administrative functions.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm Release Notes
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40537 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:web_help_desk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

03 Feb 2026, 21:14

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Solarwinds
Solarwinds web Help Desk
CPE cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:web_help_desk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm - () https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm - Release Notes
References () https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40537 - () https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40537 - Vendor Advisory
Information

Published : 2026-01-28 08:16

Updated : 2026-02-03 21:14

NVD link : CVE-2025-40537

Mitre link : CVE-2025-40537

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-40537

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Products Affected

solarwinds

  • web_help_desk
CWE
CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials