CVE-2024-45709
Published: 10 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-45709 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Solarwinds Web Help Desk. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41638
Vulnerability details
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 limited.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.