What is CVE-2020-13154?

CVE-2020-13154 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-13154?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus

CVE-2020-13154

Zoho ManageEngine Service Plus before 11.1 build 11112 allows low-privilege authenticated users to discover the File Protection password via a getFileProtectionSettings call to AjaxServlet.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2020-05-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus — versions 11.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/on-premises/readme.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
gitlab.com/eLeN3Re/CVE-2020-13154 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13154?: CVE-2020-13154 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-13154?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.