CVE-2025-40552 | SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an a… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-40552
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: SolarWinds
Reserved: 2025-04-16 08:01 UTC
Published: 2026-01-28 07:34 UTC
Last updated: 2026-02-27 04:55 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-1390
CWE-1390 Weak Authentication
Vendor / Product: SolarWinds / Web Help Desk
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
SolarWinds	Web Help Desk	—	12.8.8 HF1 and below

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-1390	cna	CWE-1390 Weak Authentication

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)