What is CVE-2024-45709?

CVE-2024-45709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Web Help Desk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-45709?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-45709 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Solarwinds Web Help Desk

CVE-2024-45709

SolarWinds Web Help Desk was susceptible to a local file read vulnerability. This vulnerability requires the software be installed on Linux and configured to use non-default development/test mode making exposure to the vulnerability very…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (71.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Solarwinds Web Help Desk — versions 12.8.3 HF3 and previous versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45709?: CVE-2024-45709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Web Help Desk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-45709?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45709 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.