{"id":"CVE-2025-40552","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-40552","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:56:24.268Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2026-01-28T08:16:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:21:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@solarwinds.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-1390"],"affected":["solarwinds/web help desk"],"epss":{"score":0.51997,"percentile":0.98947,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-25","score":0.51997,"percentile":0.98917}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 52.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"psirt@solarwinds.com"},{"url":"https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40552","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@solarwinds.com"},{"url":"https://github.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","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40552","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}