CVE-2018-7890
A remote code execution issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Applications Manager before 13.6 (build 13640). The publicly accessible…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 78.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A remote code execution issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Applications Manager before 13.6 (build 13640). The publicly accessible testCredential.do endpoint takes multiple user inputs and validates supplied credentials by accessing a specified system. This endpoint calls several internal classes, and then executes a PowerShell script. If the specified system is OfficeSharePointServer, then the username and password parameters to this script are not validated, leading to Command Injection.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- ManageEngine Applications Manager Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/manageengine_appmanager_execRank excellentdisclosed 7 Mar 2018
Exploit-DB1 entry
- ManageEngine Applications Manager 13.5 - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44274webapps, javapublished 12 Mar 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44274 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 78.8% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- https://pentest.blog/advisory-manageengine-applications-manager-remote-code-execution-sqli-and/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44274 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 103358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9684 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2018-7890.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/community/topic/security-vulnerability-issues-fixed-upgrade-to-the-latest-version-of-applications-manager (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-19602 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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