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CVE-2016-9488· NVD / CVE Program· CNA certcc

ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 12 and 13 suffer from remote SQL injection vulnerabilities

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Jun 5, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.7% · 92th percentile
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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
manageengineapplications manager

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • manageengine applications manager12.0
  • manageengine applications manager13.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (certcc). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • ManageEngine Applications Manager

    • 12, 13affected

Same product

manageengine: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-1063Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in ManageEngine Applications Manager 9.x and 10.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL com
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2016-9490ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 12 and 13 suffer from a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2008-0476ManageEngine Applications Manager 8.1 build 8100 does not check authentication for monitorType.do and unspecified other pages, which allows
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2008-0475ManageEngine Applications Manager 8.1 build 8100 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information ( Home->Summary) via an invalid URI
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2012-1062Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ManageEngine Applications Manager 9.x and 10.x allow remote attackers to inject arbit
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2008-1566Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Search.do in ManageEngine Applications Manager 8.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary w
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2020-07-26

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+782 d
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+3039 d
EPSS, last 120 days+1% in 7 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");

Fixed

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",  [owner]);

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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