CVE-2025-40536
Unauthenticated bypass in SolarWinds Web Help Desk grants access to restricted functionality.
Is CVE-2025-40536 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2025-40536 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2025-40536?
CVE-2025-40536 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.1. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-40536?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-40536. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-40536 affect?
CVE-2025-40536 affects SolarWinds Web Help Desk. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-40536?
Patch when available; restrict access to WHD; monitor for abuse.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Allows unauthenticated access to restricted features, enabling potential data exposure or admin-like actions.
Patch when possible
- affected12.8.8 HF1 and below
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.