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CVE-2020-29658

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

Zoho ManageEngine Application Control Plus before 100523 has an insecure SSL configuration setting for Nginx, leading to Privilege Escalation.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Zohocorp — Manageengine Applications Control Plus

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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