Privilege escalation in Zohocorp Endpoint Central

CVE-2025-5494

ZohoCorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central was impacted by an improper privilege management issue in the agent setup. This issue affects Endpoint Central: through 11.4.2500.25, through 11.4.2508.13.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-5494: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5494?
CVE-2025-5494 is a low-severity vulnerability in Zohocorp Endpoint Central, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2025-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-5494?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.