CVE-2025-40547 (GCVE-0-2025-40547)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-18 08:35
Modified
2025-11-19 04:55
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Summary
A logic error vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when abused could give a malicious actor with access to admin privileges the ability to execute code. This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows deployments, the risk is scored as a medium because services frequently run under less-privileged service accounts by default.
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Impacted products
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SolarWinds Serv-U Version: SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions
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