Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-29535

SQLi in Zohocorp Manageengine Opmanager ≤ 12.5

High EPSSSQLi
Published
05 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / 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 0.93 99.8th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2022-29535 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Opmanager. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) — 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 OPManager through version 125588 is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-29535 and assigned CWE-89, that exists in a few default reports. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction, with complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the affected reports and execute arbitrary SQL commands against the underlying database, enabling full read, write, or deletion of data as well as potential takeover of the monitoring application.

Vendor advisories hosted at manageengine.com and the specific security-update page for this CVE describe available patches and configuration changes that address the injection points in the default reports. The associated EPSS score has reached a peak of 0.2219 with a current value of 0.1908.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Zoho ManageEngine OPManager through 125588 allows SQL Injection via a few default reports.

CWE(s)

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 remote attacker can supply crafted input to public-facing reports to execute arbitrary SQL commands.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

zohocorp
manageengine opmanager
12.5 · ≤ 12.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

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

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V6.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation of inputs to the default reports so that crafted SQL payloads cannot be interpreted as commands.

prevent

Mandates timely application of the vendor patches that close the specific injection points in the affected reports.

prevent

Enforces authentication and authorization checks before any report processing occurs, eliminating the unauthenticated attack vector.

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-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.

PR.AT-02 partial match
prevents

Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.

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.

detects

The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.

prevents

Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.

prevents

Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.

prevents

Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.

prevents

Language-specific secure coding rules, peer review and SAST together prevent the construction of SQL statements from untrusted data without proper parameterization or escaping.

References