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CVE-2014-9331: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central before 9 build 90130 allows remote attackers to hijack…

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 91.8% of all records.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central before 9 build 90130 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add an administrator account via an addUser action to STATE_ID/1417736606982/roleMgmt.do.

Published
Feb 4, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.6% · 91th percentile

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28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.6%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
zohocorpmanageengine desktop central

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • zohocorp manageengine desktop centralup to 9.0 inclusive

Same product

zohocorp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-44515Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central is vulnerable to authentication bypass, leading to remote code execution on the server, as exploited in…KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2020-10189Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.0.474 allows remote code execution because of deserialization of untrusted data in…KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2013-7390Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in AgentLogUploadServlet in ManageEngine DesktopCentral 7.x and 8.0.0 before build 80293 allows…
    61This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-5006Oct 21, 2014 · Directory traversal vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers to execute…
    38Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-9371Dec 16, 2014 · The NativeAppServlet in ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP before 90075 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JSON…
    46Plan
  • Later →CVE-2017-7213May 15, 2017 · Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before build 100082 allows remote attackers to obtain control over all connected active desktops via…
    42Plan

Remediation

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Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2015-02-03

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-2 d
  2. Published
  3. TodayNov 14, 2026+4301 d

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    State-changing requests rely on the session cookie the browser sends automatically; nothing verifies that the request came from the user’s own page.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-352 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true } }));app.post("/account/address", updateAddress);

    Fixed

    ts
    app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" } }));app.post("/account/address", csrfProtection, updateAddress);

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    References

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