TI-2020-06842 Aliases CVE-2020-8540 GHSA-m2r7-w5rx-6vqg

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before…

MEDIUM 56CWE-611Published 2020-03-11 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.12779 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central::::::::	before 2020-03-07	Vulnerable	Zohocorp

cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2020-03-07 Vulnerable ·Zohocorp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8540
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2r7-w5rx-6vqg

References

Advisory 1

https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/xxe-vulnerability.html

TI-2021-20117 Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central is vulnerable to authentication bypass, leading to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-08210 Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.474 allows remote code execution because of… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2013-06054 Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in AgentLogUploadServlet in ManageEngine… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-23976 Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP before 10.1.2137.2 allow… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2014-04108 Directory traversal vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) before 9… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2017-08384 Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before build 100092 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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