CVE-2020-8540

CRITICAL

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.

Published: Mar 11, 2020 Modified: Jun 17, 2026

CWE-611 CWE-918

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3

Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (1)

Vendor	Product	Version
zohocorp	manageengine_desktop_central	* < 2020-03-07

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-m2r7-w5rx-6vqg

An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability iin Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before the 07...

References (2)

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

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10

EPSS Score 12.78%

Top 4% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 43 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub