CVE-2023-40060

2FA/MFA Bypass Vulnerability in Serv-U 15.4 and 15.4 Hotfix 1

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 7, 2023 at 03:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorServ-U

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability has been identified within Serv-U 15.4 and 15.4 Hotfix 1 that, if exploited, allows an actor to bypass multi-factor/two-factor authentication. The actor must have administrator-level access to Serv-U to perform this action. 15.4.  SolarWinds found that the issue was not completely fixed in 15.4 Hotfix 1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

15.4 ≤ v ≤ 15.4 Hotfix 115.415.4.015.4.0 hotfix1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGHSolarWinds
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo

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