CVE-2022-47523
Published: 05 January 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-47523 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Access Manager Plus. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Zoho ManageEngine Access Manager Plus before version 4309, Password Manager Pro before 12210, and PAM360 before 5801 contain a SQL injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-47523. The issue is also associated with CWE-89 and CWE-79 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to exploit the flaw and obtain full read, write, and disruption capabilities over the affected installation. The same vector may additionally enable cross-site scripting behavior consistent with the listed CWEs.
Vendor advisories published at https://www.manageengine.com/privileged-session-management/advisory/cve-2022-47523.html direct customers to apply the corrected releases (Access Manager Plus 4309, Password Manager Pro 12210, and PAM360 5801) to eliminate the injection paths. The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.5828 before receding to its current value of 0.4555.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-50284
Vulnerability details
Zoho ManageEngine Access Manager Plus before 4309, Password Manager Pro before 12210, and PAM360 before 5801 are vulnerable to SQL Injection.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.