SQL Injection in Manageengine Applications Manager

CVE-2016-9488

ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 12 and 13 before build 13200 suffer from remote SQL injection vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated attacker is able to access the URL /servlet/MenuHandlerServlet, which is vulnerable to SQL injection. The attacker could extract users' password hashes, which are MD5 hashes without salt, and, depending on the database type and its configuration, could also execute operating system commands using SQL queries.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.048 (91.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9488?
CVE-2016-9488 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Manageengine Applications Manager, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-9488?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-9488 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.