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An Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and Desktop Central Product

Issued: 
Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
Last Revision: 
Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
Vendor: 
Severity Level: 
Summary: 

There is an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2021-44515) in ManageEngine Desktop Central Product that has been exploited in the wild. Moreover, there is a patch released for (CVE-202144526), another authentication bypass vulnerability in ServiceDesk Plus (help desk application and asset management tool).

 

An attacker could bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code in the Desktop Central Product server and ServiceDesk Plus by exploiting mentioned vulnerability. 

 

 

 

CVE/Vulnerability

                        Description 

CVSS3.0 Score

CVE-2021-44515

Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

n/a

CVE-2021-44526

Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

n/a

 

                                                                                                         Table 1: Vulnerability details

 

CVE/Vulnerability 

                           Affected Product(s)

CVE-2021-44515

ManageEngine Desktop Central Product

CVE-2021-44526

ServiceDesk Plus (on-premises) versions up to 12002

 

                                                                                                          Table 2: Vulnerability details

Recommendation: 

We strongly recommend entities to update Desktop Central Product and ServiceDesk Plus Installations to the latest build as soon as possible to resolve the vulnerability.