CVE•Published 2025-11-18•Modified 2026-10-07•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-40548Solarwinds · Serv-u
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
52
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 48% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A missing validation process exists in Serv U 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.
Timeline
Published 2025-11-18
Modified 2026-10-07
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-2025-40548Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Solarwinds Serv-u"All exposed Solarwinds Serv-u instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Serv-u"HTTP body or banner mentions "Serv-u" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-40548Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-40548Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-40548Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-40548GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-40548" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-40548 on GitHub.