Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-40549

Title: Solarwinds Serv-U Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-40549.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Nov 18, 2025

Modified Date Dec 02, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.1 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-40549: A Path Restriction Bypass vulnerability exists in Serv-U that when abused, could give a malicious actor with access to admin privileges the ability to execute code on a directory. This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows systems, this scored as medium due to differences in how paths and home directories are handled.

Impacted Vendors

cat_soft 1

rhinosoft 1

solarwinds 1

Reference Links

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-5-3_release_notes.htm https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40549

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-40549 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

December 02, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 02, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 18, 2025 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.