CVE-2024-28987
SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 5 November 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software is affected by a hardcoded credential vulnerability, allowing remote unauthenticated user to access internal functionality and modify data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 93.30% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 15 October 2024 · due 5 November 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- solarwinds/web help desk
- Source
- psirt@solarwinds.com
EPSS 93.3% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2024-28987 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28987
References
- https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/SolarWinds-Web-Help-Desk-12-8-3-Hotfix-2Release Notes
- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2024-28987Vendor Advisory
- https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/22/hardcoded_credentials_bug_solarwinds_whd/Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-28987US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.