Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-40537

Title: Hardcoded Credentials in SolarWinds Web Help Desk

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-40537.

CWE Category CWE-798

Published Date Jan 28, 2026

Modified Date Feb 03, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.02%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

solarwinds 1

webhelpdesk 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-40537 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

February 03, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

February 03, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

January 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

January 28, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.