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critical 9.8

CVE-2024-28988 in the critical feed json

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Java Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-26050

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
41.7%
EPSS 41.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a Java Deserialization Remote Code Execution vulnerability that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to run commands on the host machine. This vulnerability was found by the ZDI team after researching a previous vulnerability and providing this report. The ZDI team was able to discover an unauthenticated attack during their research.

We recommend all Web Help Desk customers apply the patch, which is now available.

We thank Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) for its ongoing partnership in coordinating with SolarWinds on responsible disclosure of this and other potential vulnerabilities.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

41.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • SolarWinds Web Help Desk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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