Enterprise software provider Zoho on Friday warned that a newly patched critical flaw in its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP is being actively exploited by malicious actors, marking the third security vulnerability in its products to be abused in the wild in a span of four months.
The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2021-44515, is an authentication bypass vulnerability that could permit an adversary to circumvent authentication protections and execute arbitrary code in the Desktop Central MSP server.
If exploited, the attackers can gain unauthorized access to the product by sending a specially crafted request leading to remote code execution, Zoho cautioned in an advisory. As we are noticing indications of exploitation of this vulnerability, we strongly advise customers to update their installations to the latest build as soon as possible.