CVE-2025-40537

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credentials Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Jan 28, 2026
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Reserved: Apr 16, 2025

Description

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	SolarWinds

Weaknesses

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Web Help DeskSolarWinds	12.8.8 HF1 and belowAffected

References

https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40537vendor-advisorypatch
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htmrelease-notes

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