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.

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

Published 2018-06-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Manageengine Applications Manager — versions 12, 13
Manageengine Applications Manager — versions 12.0, 13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/9 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/142022/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager-12-13-XS… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-up…
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97394 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158554/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager-13-SQL-I…

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.