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Security researchers have uncovered a critical-severity vulnerability in one of SolarWinds' most popular software products.
The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-28987, and carries a severity score of 9.1/10.
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It affects Web Help Desk 12.8.3 HF1 and all previous versions.
The earliest clean version is 12.8.3 HF2.
Hardcoded credentials everywhere
A patch is already available, but it needs to be manually installed.
However, hardcoded credentials are a frequent occurrence.
In March 2024, researchers found that millions of GitHub projects had the same problem.
However, they often forget to remove the secrets before publishing the code.
ViaThe Register