Critical severity · published Mar 11, 2020
CVE-2020-8540
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…
9.8
CVSS
12.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)12.8% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MD
Manageengine Desktop Central · Zohocorp
before 2020-03-07 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8540
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8540
Vendor Advisory
https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/xxe-vulnerability.html
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