CVE-2018-5340
An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.124 and 10.0.184: database access using a superuser account (specifically, an account with permission to write to the filesystem via SQL queries).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 10.0.124 and 10.0.184: database access using a superuser account (specifically, an account with permission to write to the filesystem via SQL queries).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.03% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- zohocorp/manageengine desktop central
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/query-restriction-bypass-vulnerability.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-manageengine-desktop-central/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/query-restriction-bypass-vulnerability.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-manageengine-desktop-central/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.