PT-2018-13766 · Zoho · Zoho Manageengine Desktop Central

Published 2018-09-21 · Updated 2018-11-09 · CVE-2018-16833

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central version 10.0.271

Description The issue concerns an XSS vulnerability via the "Features & Articles" search field. This vulnerability is exploited through the "/advsearch.do?SUBREQUEST=XMLHTTP" URI, which is an API endpoint. The SUBREQUEST parameter is set to XMLHTTP, and the vulnerability is triggered by the search field input.

Recommendations For Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central version 10.0.271, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for this version.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16833

Affected Products

Zoho Manageengine Desktop Central

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16833 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16833 · Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149436/ManageEngine-Desktop-Central-10.0.271-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note