Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-29081

Path Traversal in Zohocorp Manageengine Password Manager Pro 10.1 … 12.0

Public PoCHigh EPSSPath Traversal
Published
28 April 2022
Modified
06 November 2025
Patch / advisory
View advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.84 99.7th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2022-29081 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Password Manager Pro. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

Zoho ManageEngine Access Manager Plus before version 4302, Password Manager Pro before 12007, and PAM360 before 5401 contain an access-control bypass vulnerability on several REST API endpoints including SSOutAction, SSLAction, LicenseMgr, GetProductDetails, GetDashboard, FetchEvents, and Synchronize. The flaw, tracked as CWE-22, is triggered when an attacker supplies the ../RestAPI substring in requests to those URLs, allowing unauthorized access despite the products' intended controls. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 reflecting network-accessible exploitation with no required credentials or user interaction.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage the bypass to reach restricted functionality on the affected REST endpoints, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the privileged-access management systems.

Vendor advisories at the referenced ManageEngine and Tenable URLs describe the affected builds and direct administrators to apply the fixed releases (Access Manager Plus 4302, Password Manager Pro 12007, and PAM360 5401) to close the exposure. The associated EPSS score stands at 0.8803 with no material post-disclosure climb from a lower baseline.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Zoho ManageEngine Access Manager Plus before 4302, Password Manager Pro before 12007, and PAM360 before 5401 are vulnerable to access-control bypass on a few Rest API URLs (for SSOutAction. SSLAction. LicenseMgr. GetProductDetails. GetDashboard. FetchEvents. and Synchronize) via the ../RestAPI substring.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Unauthenticated path traversal on public REST endpoints directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing PAM application.
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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalationconfidence: HIGH
Bypassing access-control on privileged REST endpoints allows an attacker to escalate from unauthenticated to full administrative access.
attack.mitre.org →
T1078 Valid Accounts Stealthconfidence: MEDIUM
Successful exploitation grants the attacker effective use of valid high-privileged accounts within the PAM solution.
attack.mitre.org →
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

zohocorp
manageengine access manager plus
4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
zohocorp
manageengine pam360
4.0, 4.1, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1
zohocorp
manageengine password manager pro
10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 11.1

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Directly enforces access-control policy on the affected REST endpoints so that the ../RestAPI bypass cannot grant unauthorized access.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Requires validation of all input strings (including URL paths) to block the path-traversal sequence that evades the intended access controls.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
recover

Mandates prompt application of the vendor patches (4302/12007/5401) that eliminate the access-control flaw in the listed products.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

PR.AA-05 none match
prevents

PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.

References