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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2025-26399 EUVD-2025-30842GHSA-vfrj-f292-3f24

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Sep 23, 2025 · Updated Aug 4, 2026 · Assigned by SolarWinds

Vendor: SolarWinds Product: Web Help Desk

Description

SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an unauthenticated AjaxProxy deserialization remote code execution vulnerability that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to run commands on the host machine. This vulnerability is a patch bypass of CVE-2024-28988, which in turn is a patch bypass of CVE-2024-28986.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.8.7 and below —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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Automated scanner template

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