CVE•Published 2026-01-28•2 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-40552
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Description
SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an authentication bypass vulnerability that if exploited, would allow a malicious actor to execute actions and methods that should be protected by authentication.
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-2025-40552Hosts 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-2025-40552Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-40552Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-40552Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-40552GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-40552" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.