What is CVE-2022-40770?

CVE-2022-40770 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-40770?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus

CVE-2022-40770

Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus versions 13010 and prior are vulnerable to authenticated command injection. This can be exploited by high-privileged users.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2022-11-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.813 (99.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.813 · newest: 0.813 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus — versions 13.0
Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus Msp — versions 10.6
Zohocorp Manageengine Supportcenter Plus — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

manageengine.com (Vendor Advisory)
www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/CVE-2022-40770.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40770?: CVE-2022-40770 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-40770?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.