What is CVE-2019-15083?

CVE-2019-15083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-15083?

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

Is CVE-2019-15083 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus

CVE-2019-15083

Default installations of Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus 10.0 before 10500 are vulnerable to XSS injected by a workstation local administrator. Using the installed program names of the computer as a vector, the local administrator can execute code on the Manage Engine ServiceDesk administrator side. At "Asset Home > Server > <workstation> > software" the administrator of ManageEngine can control what software is installed on the workstation. This table shows all the installed program names in the Software column. In this field, a remote attacker can inject malicious code in order to execute it when the ManageEngine administrator visualizes this page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-05-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.063 (93.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.063 · newest: 0.063 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus — versions 10.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/readme.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/on-premises/readme.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157717/ManageEngine-Service-Desk-10.0-Cross-Site-… (Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48473 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15083?: CVE-2019-15083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-15083?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15083 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.