CVE-2020-8540

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

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.

Affected products

ManageEngine Desktop Central: before 2020-03-07 — fixed in 2020-03-07

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ManageEngine Desktop Central 2020-03-07. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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