# CVE-2024-45712: SolarWinds Serv-U Client-Side Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

> Authenticated local users can execute client-side scripts in Serv-U, posing a low risk to system integrity.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m62q-c3xj-46g7

## What is CVE-2024-45712?

CVE-2024-45712 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Solarwinds Serv-U, published on 15 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SolarWinds Serv-U is vulnerable to a client-side cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability can only be performed by an authenticated account, on the local machine, from the local browser session. Therefore the risk is very low.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45712?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solarwinds Serv-U.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- A Python script designed to scan a list of WordPress sites to identify those with WooCommerce installed and check if they are vulnerable to CVE-2024-45712. (github_poc): https://github.com/tdawg506/woocommerce_scanner

## Other vulnerabilities in Solarwinds Serv-U

- [CVE-2021-35211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35211/): SolarWinds Serv-U Remote Code Execution (critical 9.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-28995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28995/): SolarWinds Serv-U Path Traversal Vulnerability (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-28318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28318/): SolarWinds Serv-U Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-35247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35247/): SolarWinds Serv-U Improper Input Validation (medium 4.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-35481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35481/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45712 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45712 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Solarwinds Serv-U, published on 15 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Solarwinds Serv-U. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45712/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45712/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45712
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45712
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45712

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45712/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.