ManageEngine Endpoint Central
CVE-2025-11248
MEDIUM
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to Endpoint Central console
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ExploitAccess application/agent logs
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ExecutionExtract leaked sensitive agent token
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ImpactReuse token to impersonate agent
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A09:2025 - Security Logging & Alerting Failures
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Log data sanitization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid authenticated account on ManageEngine Endpoint Central with the ability to read or export the product's logs (per CVSS PR:L); it is not remotely exploitable by an unauthenticated attacker. The sensitive agent token must actually be present in those logs, which occurs on affected builds prior to 11.4.2528.05. Limiting factors: authentication is mandatory, the exposure is confined to log readers, and value to the attacker depends on what the recovered agent token can authorize. Upgrading to 11.4.2528.05 or later removes the token from the logs. |
| Impact | This is a moderate, not high-priority, issue. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, base 4.3) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation requires an already-authenticated user (PR:L) with access to the product's logs, and the only impact is limited confidentiality (C:L) - disclosure of a sensitive agent token, with no integrity or availability impact. The EPSS score of 0.52% (42nd percentile) indicates low predicted exploitation probability, consistent with a low-severity, authentication-gated information-disclosure flaw rather than a mass-exploited remote code execution bug. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public POC in the provided data, so exploitation status is: no public exploit identified at time of analysis. No SSVC decision data was supplied. One nuance worth flagging: the real-world severity depends on what the leaked agent token can subsequently authorize - if that token grants broad agent/server control, the practical downstream impact could exceed the C:L base score, but this is not confirmed in the available data and should be verified against the vendor advisory. All signals point to this being a genuine but low-urgency hardening fix. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privileged authenticated account on the Endpoint Central console (or who has compromised such an account) browses or exports the application logs and recovers a sensitive agent token written there in cleartext. The attacker could then attempt to reuse that token to impersonate or interact with managed agents. No public exploit code is known, and exploitation first requires valid authenticated access to the logs. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
ManageEngine Endpoint Central versions prior to 11.4.2528.05 log a sensitive agent token, allowing an authenticated user with access to the product's logs to recover that token. Exploitation requires a valid authenticated account and the ability to read or export logs (CVSS PR:L); no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is 0.52% (low). This is a moderate-severity information disclosure issue (CVSS 4.3) fixed in 11.4.2528.05.
RemediationAI
Upgrade ManageEngine Endpoint Central to version 11.4.2528.05 or later, which removes the sensitive agent token from logs. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict log file access and export capability to the smallest possible set of trusted administrators, and monitor for unauthorized log reads; note that this reduces but does not eliminate exposure because privileged users still retain access. If logs may have been exposed, rotate the affected agent tokens, acknowledging that token rotation may require agent re-enrollment or reconfiguration. Refer to the vendor advisory at https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/CVE-2025-11248.html for authoritative patch details and any additional guidance.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is an instance of CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File). ManageEngine Endpoint Central’s logging mechanism records the agent token - a credential-like value used by endpoint agents to communicate with the central server - in a log file on affected builds prior to 11.4.2528.05. Because the token is written to logs, any user who can read or export those logs can extract it. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_endpoint_central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the affected product family, and the CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N confirms the attack is network-accessible but requires low-level authenticated privileges and results only in confidentiality impact. The root cause is not a software logic flaw allowing remote code execution but a design weakness in what data is persisted to logs.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Web-accessible console (AV:N), no special conditions (AC:L), but reading logs requires an authenticated low-privileged account (PR:L); impact is limited token disclosure only (C:L, I/A:N).
Primary rating from NVD.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
ZohoCorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central versions prior to 11.4.2528.05 are vulnerable to a sensitive information logging issue. An authenticated user with access to the logs could potentially obtain the sensitive agent token.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in multiple ManageEngine products that can result in encryption keys bein
Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central affected by Incorrect authorization vulnerability while isolating the devices.3.2
Improper privilege management in the Zoho ManageEngine Endpoint Central agent setup allows an authenticated local attack
Zohocorp ManageEngine EndPoint Central versions 11.3.2416.21 and below, 11.3.2428.9 and below are vulnerable to Arbitrar
Privilege escalation in Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central below version 11.4.2540.23 allows a local low-privileged
Privilege escalation in Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central below version 11.5.2600.15 permits a locally authenticate
Local privilege escalation in Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central before version 11.5.2605.01 allows a low-privileged
XML injection in Zoho ManageEngine EndPoint Central versions 11.4.2516.1 and prior allows an authenticated attacker with
Local privilege escalation in Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central versions below 11.5.2605.01 allows a low-privileged
Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central before version 11.4.2528.34 ex
Local privilege escalation in Zoho ManageEngine Endpoint Central is possible through an arbitrary file deletion flaw in
ManageEngine Endpoint Central versions before 11.3.2440.09 are vulnerable to IDOR vulnerability which allows the attacke
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