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CVE-2016-4890
ZOHO ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus before 9.2 uses an insecure method for generating cookies, which makes it easier for attackers to…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ZOHO ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus before 9.2 uses an insecure method for generating cookies, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain sensitive password information by leveraging access to a cookie.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jpcert
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 93216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- JVNDB-2016-000171 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- JVN#72559412 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/readme-9.2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-5866 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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