CVE-2025-5494
Privilege Escalation
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Privilege Escalation
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-5494- CVSS 3.1
- 3.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-31092
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-31092- CVSS 3.1
- 3.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hwj5-gqwh-gh6c
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central was impacted by an improper privilege management issue in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hwj5-gqwh-gh6c- CVSS 3.1
- 3.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-5494- CVSS 3.1
- 3.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-5494 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.9) in Zohocorp Endpoint Central, published September 25, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.