Open Redirect in Solarwinds Observability Self-Hosted

CVE-2025-40545

SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted is susceptible to an open redirection vulnerability. The URL is not properly sanitized, and an attacker could manipulate the string to redirect a user to a malicious site. The attack complexity is high, and authentication is required.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-40545: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-40545?
CVE-2025-40545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Observability Self-Hosted, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-40545?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.