CVE-2021-44515

CRITICAL KEV NUCLEI

ManageEngine Desktop Central < 10.1.2127.18 - Authentication Bypass leading to Remote Code Execution

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2021-44515 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added December 10, 2021. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central is vulnerable to authentication bypass, leading to remote code execution on the server, as exploited in the wild in December 2021. For Enterprise builds 10.1.2127.17 and earlier, upgrade to 10.1.2127.18. For Enterprise builds 10.1.2128.0 through 10.1.2137.2, upgrade to 10.1.2137.3. For MSP builds 10.1.2127.17 and earlier, upgrade to 10.1.2127.18. For MSP builds 10.1.2128.0 through 10.1.2137.2, upgrade to 10.1.2137.3.

Nuclei Templates (1)

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central - Remote Code Execution

CRITICALby Adam Crosser

Shodan: http.title:"manageengine desktop central 10"

FOFA: title="manageengine desktop central 10" || app="zoho-manageengine-desktop"

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/an-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-identified-and-fixed-in-desktop-central-and-desktop-central-msp

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/cve-2021-44515-authentication-bypass-filter-configuration.html

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2021/12/10/cisa-adds-thirteen-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

US Government Resource

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-44515

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.9435

EPSS Percentile 100.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2021-12-10

VulnCheck KEV 2021-12-10

InTheWild.io 2021-12-06

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2021-31348

Status published

Products (1)

zohocorp/manageengine_desktop_central < 10.1.2127.18 (2 CPE variants)

Published Dec 12, 2021

KEV Added Dec 10, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026