CVE-2025-5966
Published: 26 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-5966 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Exchange Reporter Plus. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus versions 5722 and below contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5966 and assigned CWE-79. The flaw resides in the Attachments by filename keyword report and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.1, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and no required privileges.
An unauthenticated attacker can supply a crafted filename that is stored in the report; when a user later views the report the malicious script executes in the victim's browser. Successful exploitation can result in high-impact disclosure or modification of data accessible to that user.
The vendor has published an advisory at https://www.manageengine.com/products/exchange-reports/advisory/CVE-2025-5966.html that addresses the issue. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1340 with no material increase observed since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-28698
Vulnerability details
Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange reporter Plus version 5722 and below are vulnerable to Stored XSS in the Attachments by filename keyword report.
- 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.