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CVE-2016-4890

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4890 describes an insecure cookie generation method in ZOHO ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus versions prior to 9.2. This flaw allows attackers to more easily obtain sensitive password information by exploiting access to these weakly generated cookies. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, but its impact is limited to confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:servicedesk_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0346 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000171.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN72559412/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
manageengine.com / products/service-desk/readme-9.2.html
securityfocus.com / bid/93216
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry