CVE-2024-28987 (GCVE-0-2024-28987)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-21 21:17 – Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55Title
SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-16 12:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SolarWinds | Web Help Desk |
Affected:
12.8.3 Hotfix 1 and previous versions
|
|
| solarwinds | webhelpdesk |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 12.8.3
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:webhelpdesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 0edd3462-11ab-4d5c-a013-df94e5c1e749
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2024-10-15
Asserted: 2024-10-15
Scope
Notes: SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability | Affected: SolarWinds / Web Help Desk | Description: SolarWinds Web Help Desk contains a hardcoded credential vulnerability that could allow a remote, unauthenticated user to access internal functionality and modify data. | Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. | Due date: 2024-11-05 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2024-28987 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28987
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-798 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Web Help Desk |
| Due Date | 2024-11-05 |
| Date Added | 2024-10-15 |
| Vendorproject | SolarWinds |
| Vulnerabilityname | SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-10-02 08:09 CEST
| Updated: 2026-10-02 08:09 CEST
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 8f253b83-eeed-499d-a180-8cca98017650
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2024-10-15
Asserted: 2024-10-15
Scope
Notes: SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability | Affected: SolarWinds / Web Help Desk | CVSS: 9.1 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.93299 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: previdian
Details
| Feed | Previdian (previdian.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability |
| Cve Id | CVE-2024-28987 |
| Vendor | SolarWinds |
| Ghsa Id | None |
| Product | Web Help Desk |
| Added Date | 2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 9.1 |
| Epss Score | 0.93299 |
| Previous Ids | |
| Cvss Severity | CRITICAL |
| Virtual Patch | False |
| Cvss Estimated | False |
| Epss Percentile | 0.99835 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Vulnerability Id | CVE-2024-28987 |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST
| Updated: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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