Vulnerability in Solarwinds Serv-U
CVE-2018-10240
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token that can be included in requests to the application as a URL parameter in lieu of a session cookie. This session token's value can be brute-forced by an attacker to obtain the corresponding session cookie and hijack the user's session.
EPSS: 0.011 (61.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Solarwinds Serv-u
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10240?
- CVE-2018-10240 is a high-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Serv-U, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2018-05-16.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10240?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-10240 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.