CVE-2023-40054 is a Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, allowing a low-level user to execute commands with SYSTEM privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. This issue was noted as a failure to resolve a previous vulnerability, CVE-2023-33226.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2023.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:network_configuration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.