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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-10008

Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk 9.3 allows session hijacking and privilege escalation because an established guest session is automatically converted into an established administrator session when the guest user enters the administrator username, with an…

EXPLOITHIGH 8.8EPSS 19.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk 9.3 allows session hijacking and privilege escalation because an established guest session is automatically converted into an established administrator session when the guest user enters the administrator username, with an arbitrary incorrect password, in an mc/ login attempt within a different browser tab.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
19.39% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 5 April 2019
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-384
Affected
zohocorp/servicedesk plus
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%21 September 2026: 21.70%22 September 2026: 19.39%27 October 2026: 19.39%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 21.7% on 21 September 2026 to 19.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-46659source ↗Manage Engine ServiceDesk Plus 10.0 - Privilege Escalationjsp · Ata Hakçıl_ Melih Kaan Yıldızwebapps5 April 2019no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.