CVE-2024-28987

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.1Known exploited (CISA KEV)

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

Description

The SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software is affected by a hardcoded credential vulnerability, allowing remote unauthenticated user to access internal functionality and modify data.

Key data

CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.1

Score published by SolarWinds in the CVE record.

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

Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: None
No effect on availability.

Metric	Value	What it means
Attack vector	Network	The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity	Low	No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required	None	No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction	None	No action from any user is needed.
Scope	Unchanged	The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact	High	Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact	High	Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact	None	No effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score: 0.93299 (93.3% probability)
Percentile: 99.8%
Scores of: Nov 10, 2026
Model: v2026.06.15

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog: SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability
Added to the catalog: Oct 15, 2024
Federal due date: Nov 5, 2024

CISA assessment as of Oct 16, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation: Recorded by CISA as active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

SolarWinds Web Help Desk
- affected: 12.8.3 Hotfix 1 and previous versions

References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

Timeline

ID reservedMar 13, 2024
Record publishedAug 21, 2024
Added to CISA KEVOct 15, 2024
Record last updatedOct 21, 2025

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