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CVE-2018-5799

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5799 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus versions prior to 9403, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript through a crafted API URI. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with potential for low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, organizations using affected versions should prioritize patching to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9403CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_servicedesk_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/58
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
manageengine.com / products/service-desk/readme.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory