CVE-2022-47966Multiple Zoho ManageEngine on-premise products, such as ServiceDesk Plus through 14003, allow remote code execution due to use of Apache…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 99.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 23 Jan 2023
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple Zoho ManageEngine on-premise products, such as ServiceDesk Plus through 14003, allow remote code execution due to use of Apache Santuario xmlsec (aka XML Security for Java) 1.4.1, because the xmlsec XSLT features, by design in that version, make the application responsible for certain security protections, and the ManageEngine applications did not provide those protections. This affects Access Manager Plus before 4308, Active Directory 360 before 4310, ADAudit Plus before 7081, ADManager Plus before 7162, ADSelfService Plus before 6211, Analytics Plus before 5150, Application Control Plus before 10.1.2220.18, Asset Explorer before 6983, Browser Security Plus before 11.1.2238.6, Device Control Plus before 10.1.2220.18, Endpoint Central before 10.1.2228.11, Endpoint Central MSP before 10.1.2228.11, Endpoint DLP before 10.1.2137.6, Key Manager Plus before 6401, OS Deployer before 1.1.2243.1, PAM 360 before 5713, Password Manager Pro before 12124, Patch Manager Plus before 10.1.2220.18, Remote Access Plus before 10.1.2228.11, Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) before 10.1.41. ServiceDesk Plus before 14004, ServiceDesk Plus MSP before 13001, SupportCenter Plus before 11026, and Vulnerability Manager Plus before 10.1.2220.18. Exploitation is only possible if SAML SSO has ever been configured for a product (for some products, exploitation requires that SAML SSO is currently active).
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 23 Jan 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 13 Feb 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 23 Jan 2023.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Metasploit modules and a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
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Metasploit modules3 modules
- ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Unauthenticated SAML RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/manageengine_adselfservice_plus_saml_rce_cve_2022_47966Rank excellentdisclosed 10 Jan 2023
- ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Unauthenticated SAML RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/manageengine_servicedesk_plus_saml_rce_cve_2022_47966Rank excellentdisclosed 10 Jan 2023
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central Unauthenticated SAML RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/manageengine_endpoint_central_saml_rce_cve_2022_47966Rank excellentdisclosed 10 Jan 2023
Nuclei templates1 template
- ManageEngine - Remote Command Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-47966.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 4 years later
· 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.8% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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
References11
- https://github.com/apache/santuario-xml-security-java/tags?after=1.4.6 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.manageengine.com/security/advisory/CVE/cve-2022-47966.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170882/Zoho-ManageEngine-ServiceDesk-Plus-14003-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170925/ManageEngine-ADSelfService-Plus-Unauthenticated-SAML-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170943/Zoho-ManageEngine-Endpoint-Central-MSP-10.1.2228.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://blog.viettelcybersecurity.com/saml-show-stopper/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/horizon3ai/CVE-2022-47966 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.horizon3.ai/manageengine-cve-2022-47966-technical-deep-dive/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-250a (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/gvs0Gv8BID/cve-2022-47966/rapid7-analysis (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-47966 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-50684 (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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