{"id":"CVE-2020-11531","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-11531","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:29:50.964Z","title":"This allows an authenticated attacker to execute code in the context of the product by writing a JSP file to the webroot directory via directory traversal.","description":"The DataEngine Xnode Server application in Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 does not validate the database schema name when handling a DR-SCHEMA-SYNC request. This allows an authenticated attacker to execute code in the context of the product by writing a JSP file to the webroot directory via directory traversal.","published":"2020-05-08T21:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:50:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["zohocorp/manageengine adaudit plus","zohocorp/manageengine datasecurity plus"],"epss":{"score":0.13655,"percentile":0.9646,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157604/ManageEngine-DataSecurity-Plus-Path-Traversal-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/27","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/community/topic/upgrade-datasecurity-plus-to-the-build-6013-to-fix-security-issues","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157604/ManageEngine-DataSecurity-Plus-Path-Traversal-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/27","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/community/topic/upgrade-datasecurity-plus-to-the-build-6013-to-fix-security-issues","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11531","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}