CVE-2021-44515

CRITICAL KEV NUCLEI

Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central - Remote Code Execution

Title source: rule

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)

[Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory] https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/an-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-identified-and-fixed-in-desktop-central-and-desktop-central-msp

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2021/12/10/cisa-adds-thirteen-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

[Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/cve-2021-44515-authentication-bypass-filter-configuration.html

[US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-44515

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.9438

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

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