What is CVE-2024-28072?

CVE-2024-28072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Serv-U, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2024-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2024-28072?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Solarwinds Serv-U

CVE-2024-28072

A highly privileged account can overwrite arbitrary files on the system with log output. The log file path tags were not sanitized properly.

Published 2024-05-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Solarwinds Serv-U — versions 15.4.2, 15.4.2 and Previous Versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2024-28072 (Vendor Advisory)
solarwindscore.my.site.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Serv-U-15-4-2-Hotfix-1-Relea… (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28072?: CVE-2024-28072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Serv-U, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2024-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-28072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.