What is CVE-2022-40771?

CVE-2022-40771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-40771?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

XXE in Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer

CVE-2022-40771

Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus versions 13010 and prior are vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack that leads to Information Disclosure.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.037 (89.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.037 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer — versions 6.9
Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus — versions 14.0
Zohocorp Manageengine Servicedesk Plus Msp — versions 13.0
Zohocorp Manageengine Supportcenter Plus — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

manageengine.com (Vendor Advisory)
www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/CVE-2022-40771.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40771?: CVE-2022-40771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Assetexplorer, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-40771?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.