THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-8540
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2020-8540

Manageengine Desktop Central vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
12.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before the 07-Mar-2020 update allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD in an XML request.
Affected vendor
Zohocorp
Affected product
Manageengine Desktop Central
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Reference
  • CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2020-03-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-8540

  • Confirm whether Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-8540.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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