CVE-2023-28342: Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus before 6218 allows anyone to conduct a Denial-of-Service attack via the Mobile App Authentication API.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 54/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 78.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.5% 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 CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
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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
- Published
- Apr 5, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 78.3% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-400
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Action score
54
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- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 24 / 30 · 78.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| zohocorp | manageengine adselfservice plus | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adselfservice_plus |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus4.5
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.0
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.0.6
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.1
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.2
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.3
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.4
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.5
+6 more rows
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.6
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.7
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus5.8
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus6.0
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus6.1
- zohocorp manageengine adselfservice plus6.2
Same product
zohocorp: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-40539Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus version 6113 and prior is vulnerable to REST API authentication bypass with resultant remote code…KEV99Now
- CVE-2022-28810Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus before build 6122 allows a remote authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary operating OS…KEV78This week
- CVE-2021-28958Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus through 6101 is vulnerable to unauthenticated Remote Code Execution while changing the password.61This week
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-34829Jul 4, 2022 · Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus before 6203 allows a denial of service (application restart) via a crafted payload to the Mobile App…31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-36413Mar 23, 2023 · Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus through 6203 is vulnerable to a brute-force attack that leads to a password reset on IDM applications.37Monitor
- Later →CVE-2023-35854Jun 20, 2023 · Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus through 6113 has an authentication bypass that can be exploited to steal the domain controller session…41Plan
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
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
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.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-23-0200 · Apr 6, 2023(Zoho ManageEngine Güvenlik Zafiyeti)
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
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
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-400 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
function expand(node) {
return node.children.map(expand);
}Fixed
const MAX_DEPTH = 32;
function expand(node, depth = 0) {
if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep");
return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));
}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log (0)
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.