CVE-2025-40541
CRITICALCVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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2Description
An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in Serv-U, which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to execute native code as a privileged account. This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows deployments, the risk is scored as a medium because services frequently run under less-privileged service accounts by default.
Analysis
IDOR vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U allows accessing objects belonging to other users. Fourth critical Serv-U vulnerability in this batch.
Technical Context
CWE-704 (misclassified — actually IDOR). Attackers can access resources belonging to other users by manipulating object references.
Affected Products
['SolarWinds Serv-U']
Remediation
Apply SolarWinds update. Implement proper object-level authorization checks.
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