CVE-2018-10240
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token...
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token that can be included in requests to the application as a URL parameter in lieu of a session cookie. This session token's value can be brute-forced by an attacker to obtain the corresponding session cookie and hijack the user's session.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token that can be included in requests to the application as a URL parameter in lieu of a session cookie. This session token's value can be brute-forced by an attacker to obtain the corresponding session cookie and hijack the user's session.
- Record
CVE-2018-10240- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token that can be included in requests to the application as a URL parameter in lieu of a session cookie. This session token's value can be brute-forced by an attacker to obtain the corresponding session cookie and hijack the user's session.
- Record
CVE-2018-10240- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-2314 No score
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token that can be included in requests to the application as a URL parameter in lieu of a session cookie. This session token's value can be brute-forced by an attacker to obtain the corresponding session cookie and hijack the user's session.
- Record
EUVD-2018-2314- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hw6q-c5xp-mh35
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token...
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token that can be included in requests to the application as a URL parameter in lieu of a session cookie. This session token's value can be brute-forced by an attacker to obtain the corresponding session cookie and hijack the user's session.
- Record
GHSA-hw6q-c5xp-mh35- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-10240 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Solarwinds Serv-u, published May 16, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.