{"uuid": "e9a55b4d-b273-4ab7-ac20-4667f5f07681", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2025-40536", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/solarwinds_webhelpdesk_rce.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"x64, cmd\", \"author\": [\"Jimi Sebree\", \"sfewer-r7\"], \"autofilter_ports\": [80, 8080, 443, 8000, 8888, 8880, 8008, 3000, 8443], \"autofilter_services\": [\"http\", \"https\"], \"check\": true, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"This module exploits an access control bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-40536) and an unsafe deserialization\\n          vulnerability (CVE-2025-40551) to achieve unauthenticated RCE against a vulnerable SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD)\\n          server.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2026-01-28\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/multi/http/solarwinds_webhelpdesk_rce\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2026-03-11 21:31:08 +0000\", \"name\": \"SolarWinds Web Help Desk unauthenticated RCE\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"repeatable-session\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"ioc-in-logs\"], \"Stability\": [\"crash-service-restarts\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/multi/http/solarwinds_webhelpdesk_rce.rb\", \"platform\": \"Linux,Unix,Windows\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 500, \"ref_name\": \"multi/http/solarwinds_webhelpdesk_rce\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2025-40536\", \"CVE-2025-40551\", \"URL-https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm\", \"URL-https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/cve-2025-40551-another-solarwinds-web-help-desk-deserialization-issue/\"], \"rport\": 8443, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"WHD 12.8.* on Windows (Native code payload)\", \"WHD 12.8.* on Linux (Command payload)\", \"WHD 12.7.* on Windows (Command payload)\", \"WHD 12.7.* on Linux (Command payload)\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:50:12.148168Z"}