CVE-2024-28995

unknown KEV

Published 2024-07-17 · Modified 2024-07-17

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

SolarWinds Serv-U contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker access to read sensitive files on the host machine.

CISA KEV

Vendor: SolarWinds
Product: Serv-U
Due date: 2024-08-07

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-52311 remote multiple

İbrahimsql · 2025-05-29

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2 HF1 - Directory Traversal

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_gather/solarwinds_servu_fileread_cve_2024_28995 rank 300

SolarWinds Serv-U Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2024-28995; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28995

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.