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CVE-2022-29081: Zoho ManageEngine Access Manager Plus before 4302, Password Manager Pro before 12007, and PAM360 before 5401 are vulnerable to access-contro

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 64/100)

A ready-made attack module is public (Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB / GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 83.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.6% of all records.
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.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded

BDU:2025-14638

Published: Apr 28, 2022
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 83.5% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 25 / 30 · 83.5%

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
zohocorp	manageengine access manager plus	cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_access_manager_plus
zohocorp	manageengine pam360	cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_pam360
zohocorp	manageengine password manager pro	cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_password_manager_pro

Affected versions

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

zohocorp manageengine access manager plus4.0
zohocorp manageengine access manager plus4.1
zohocorp manageengine access manager plus4.2
zohocorp manageengine access manager plus4.3
zohocorp manageengine pam3604.0
zohocorp manageengine pam3604.1
zohocorp manageengine pam3604.5
zohocorp manageengine pam3605.0
zohocorp manageengine pam3605.1
zohocorp manageengine pam3605.2
zohocorp manageengine pam3605.3
zohocorp manageengine pam3605.4
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro10.1
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro10.2
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro10.3
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro10.4
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro11.1
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro11.2
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro11.3
zohocorp manageengine password manager pro12.0

Same product

zohocorp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2022-47966Multiple Zoho ManageEngine on-premise products, such as ServiceDesk Plus through 14003, allow remote code execution due to use of Apache SanKEV
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CVE-2022-35405Zoho ManageEngine Password Manager Pro before 12101 and PAM360 before 5510 are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution.KEV
99Now
CVE-2022-40300Zoho ManageEngine Password Manager Pro through 12120 before 12121, PAM360 through 5550 before 5600, and Access Manager Plus through 4304 bef
69This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2021-44676Dec 20, 2021 · Zoho ManageEngine Access Manager Plus before 4203 allows anyone to view a few data elements (e.g., access control details) and modify a few
40Plan
Later →CVE-2022-43671Nov 12, 2022 · Zoho ManageEngine Password Manager Pro before 12122, PAM360 before 5711, and Access Manager Plus before 4306 allow SQL Injection.
61This week
Later →CVE-2022-43672Nov 12, 2022 · Zoho ManageEngine Password Manager Pro before 12122, PAM360 before 5711, and Access Manager Plus before 4306 allow SQL Injection (in a diffe
59Plan

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

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Nuclei detection template ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Nuclei detection template	Nuclei template CVE-2022-29081	—

Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

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-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

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

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

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

www.manageengine.com/privileged-session-management/advisory/cve-2022-29081.html

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

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