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CVE-2025-40541

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-40541 is an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U that allows an authenticated attacker to execute native code as a privileged account. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) requires administrative privileges for exploitation, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 464 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 1.7 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 15.5.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

applellm-apple-140db1ca10bdbb0fCRITICAL

SolarWinds Serv-U Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Feb 23, 2026

References

documentation.solarwinds.com / en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-5-4_release_notes.htm
Release NotesVendor Advisory
solarwinds.com / trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40541
Vendor Advisory