What is CVE-2020-28050?

CVE-2020-28050 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-28050?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central

CVE-2020-28050

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before build 10.0.647 allows a single authentication secret from multiple agents to communicate with the server.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2021-03-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.051 (92.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.051 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/fixing-multiple-vulnerabilities.h… (Vendor Advisory)
www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/cve-2020-28050.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28050?: CVE-2020-28050 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Desktop Central, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-28050?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.