Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-10020

High

Published: 21 October 2025

Published
21 October 2025
Modified
24 October 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0055 68.1th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-10020 is an authenticated command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) in the Custom Script component of Zohocorp ManageEngine ADManager Plus versions before 8024. Published on 2025-10-21, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting high severity due to its potential for significant impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An authenticated attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N), though it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation changes scope (S:C) and enables high-impact outcomes (C:H/I:H/A:H), such as remote command execution on the affected system.

The vendor has published details in a knowledge base article at https://www.manageengine.com/products/ad-manager/admanager-kb/cve-2025-10020.html, which security practitioners should consult for mitigation guidance, including patching to version 8024 or later.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Affected Products

zohocorp
manageengine admanager plus
8.0 · ≤ 8.0

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Authenticated command injection (CWE-77) directly enables arbitrary remote command execution (T1059) and exploitation for privilege escalation from low privileges to system-level RCE (T1068).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

References