CVE•Published 2026-01-28•2 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-40536
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Description
SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a security control bypass vulnerability that if exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to certain restricted functionality.
Timeline
Published 2026-01-28
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-40536Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Solarwinds Web Help Desk"All exposed Solarwinds Web Help Desk instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Web Help Desk"HTTP body or banner mentions "Web Help Desk" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-40536Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-40536Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-40536Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-40536GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-40536" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (4)
CVE-2025-405364 repos
Ostorlab/KEVunknown
Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.
opendr-io/causalityJupyter Notebook
The difference between exploitation prediction and detection is akin to the difference between detecting a missile launch or a detonation. Every avoided exploitation cycle saves hu…
Leviticus-Triage/llm-honeypot-intelligenceShell
Distributed honeypot intelligence platform with LLM-powered adaptive deception, RL engagement scoring, automated SIEM rule generation (Suricata/Sigma/YARA), ML anomaly detection, a…
kapetanios55/SentinelCBContentPython