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CVE-2021-40539

Is CVE-2021-40539 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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Exploited in wild
Yes
CISA KEV
Public exploit
Metasploit
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
9.8 Critical
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
99%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-706
CWE

Confirmed exploited in the wild. Patch this first, regardless of the base score.

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Real — exploited in the wild

CISA confirms active exploitation. Treat scanner hits as true positives unless your specific version or config is unaffected.

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus version 6113 and prior is vulnerable to REST API authentication bypass with resultant remote code execution.

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    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    This is confirmed exploited in the wild. It is in the CISA KEV catalog, so attackers are actively using it, not just researchers. It is reachable over the network with no authentication and no user interaction, which is the most dangerous profile. Patch this on priority and confirm the fix holds.

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Same weakness: CWE-706.