CVE-2020-8540

9.8 criticalEPSS 13%

Critical (9.8) in zohocorp manageengine desktop central. EPSS 13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-611, CWE-918
Published: 2020-03-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

zohocorp:manageengine_desktop_central

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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