What is CVE-2018-5799?

CVE-2018-5799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-5799?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus

CVE-2018-5799

In Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus before 9403, an XSS issue allows an attacker to run arbitrary JavaScript via a /api/request/?OPERATION_NAME= URI, aka SD-69139.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.019 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/58 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/readme.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5799?: CVE-2018-5799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-5799?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.