CVE-2020-11532
Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 uses default admin credentials to communicate...
Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 uses default admin credentials to communicate with a DataEngine Xnode server. This allows an attacker to bypass authentication for this server and execute all operations in the context of admin user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 uses default admin credentials to communicate with a DataEngine Xnode server. This allows an attacker to bypass authentication for this server and execute all operations in the context of admin user.
- Record
CVE-2020-11532- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 uses default admin credentials to communicate with a DataEngine Xnode server. This allows an attacker to bypass authentication for this server and execute all operations in the context of admin user.
- Record
CVE-2020-11532- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-3884 No score
Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 uses default admin credentials to communicate with a DataEngine Xnode server. This allows an attacker to bypass authentication for this server and execute all operations in the context of admin user.
- Record
EUVD-2020-3884- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wrqh-vg7q-4h79 No score
Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 uses default admin credentials to communicate...
Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus prior to 6.0.1 uses default admin credentials to communicate with a DataEngine Xnode server. This allows an attacker to bypass authentication for this server and execute all operations in the context of admin user.
- Record
GHSA-wrqh-vg7q-4h79- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Xnode Enumeration | |
| Metasploit | ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus Xnode Enumeration |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-11532 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Zohocorp Manageengine Datasecurity Plus, published May 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/28
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157609/ManageEngine-DataSecurity-Plus-Authentication-Bypass.html
pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/community/topic/upgrade-datasecurity-plus-to-the-build-6013-to-fix-security-issues
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11532
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrqh-vg7q-4h79