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CVE-2022-47966: Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products RCE

Critical CVSS 9.8 CISA KEV

Remediation summary

Recommended action
Upgrade Access Manager Plus to build 4308 or later; Active Directory 360 to 4310 or later; ADAudit Plus to 7081 or later; ADManager Plus to 7162 or later; ADSelfService Plus to 6211 or later; Analytics Plus to 5150 or later; Application Control Plus to 10.1.2220.18 or later; Asset Explorer to 6983 or later; Browser Security Plus to 11.1.2238.6 or later; Device Control Plus to 10.1.2220.18 or later; Endpoint Central and Endpoint Central MSP to 10.1.2228.11 or later; Endpoint DLP to 10.1.2137.6 or later; Key Manager Plus to 6401 or later; OS Deployer to 1.1.2243.1 or later; PAM 360 to 5713 or l….
Affected evidence
1 source affected-product statement
Priority
Known exploited (CISA KEV); Critical severity; CVSS 9.8
Evidence checked

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What is CVE-2022-47966?

Multiple Zoho ManageEngine on-premise products, such as ServiceDesk Plus through 14003, allow remote code execution due to use of Apache Santuario xmlsec (aka XML Security for Java) 1.4.1, because the xmlsec XSLT features, by design in that version, make the application responsible for certain security protections, and the ManageEngine applications did not provide those protections. This affects Access Manager Plus before 4308, Active Directory 360 before 4310, ADAudit Plus before 7081, ADManager Plus before 7162, ADSelfService Plus before 6211, Analytics Plus before 5150, Application Control Plus before 10.1.2220.18, Asset Explorer before 6983, Browser Security Plus before 11.1.2238.6, Device Control Plus before 10.1.2220.18, Endpoint Central before 10.1.2228.11, Endpoint Central MSP before 10.1.2228.11, Endpoint DLP before 10.1.2137.6, Key Manager Plus before 6401, OS Deployer before 1.1.2243.1, PAM 360 before 5713, Password Manager Pro before 12124, Patch Manager Plus before 10.1.2220.18, Remote Access Plus before 10.1.2228.11, Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) before 10.1.41.

CVE
CVE-2022-47966
Source title
Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE published
2023-01-18
Source updated
2026-07-31T04:16:41Z
Catalog checked
2026-08-24T07:01:48Z
CISA KEV
Known exploited
Ecosystem
java/maven
Weaknesses
CWE-20
CNA / source
cve@mitre.org
Record status
Analyzed
Catalog quality
metadata-backed

Known exploitation and required action

CISA lists CVE-2022-47966 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Treat this as direct exploitation evidence when prioritizing the change.

CISA entry
Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor / project
Zoho
Product
ManageEngine
Date added
2023-01-23
CISA due date
2023-02-13
Known ransomware use
Known

CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Affected products and version ranges

  • n/a / n/a
    • Affected: version n/a.
    • Affected-status source: cve@mitre.org.

AI-assisted evidence synthesis

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Business risk

Critical unauthenticated remote code execution in affected ManageEngine on-premise products. Exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution with potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. CISA lists CVE-2022-47966 as a known exploited vulnerability, so internet-facing or otherwise reachable installations should be prioritized immediately.

Source-specific exposure conditions

  • The deployment is a ManageEngine on-premise product covered by the vendor advisory and is running an impacted version.
  • For Access Manager Plus, Analytics Plus, Application Control Plus, Browser Security Plus, Device Control Plus, Endpoint Central, Endpoint Central MSP, Endpoint DLP, Key Manager Plus, OS Deployer, PAM 360, Password Manager Pro, Patch Manager Plus, Remote Access Plus, Remote Monitoring and Management, or Vulnerability Manager Plus, SAML-based SSO is configured and currently active.
  • For Active Directory 360, ADAudit Plus, ADManager Plus, ADSelfService Plus, Asset Explorer, ServiceDesk Plus, ServiceDesk Plus MSP, or SupportCenter Plus, SAML-based SSO was configured at least once, regardless of its current status.
  • ManageEngine On-Demand/cloud products are not affected according to the vendor advisory.

Source-specific remediation

  • Identify each deployed ManageEngine on-premise product and its installed build.
  • Upgrade Access Manager Plus to build 4308 or later; Active Directory 360 to 4310 or later; ADAudit Plus to 7081 or later; ADManager Plus to 7162 or later; ADSelfService Plus to 6211 or later; Analytics Plus to 5150 or later; Application Control Plus to 10.1.2220.18 or later; Asset Explorer to 6983 or later; Browser Security Plus to 11.1.2238.6 or later; Device Control Plus to 10.1.2220.18 or later; Endpoint Central and Endpoint Central MSP to 10.1.2228.11 or later; Endpoint DLP to 10.1.2137.6 or later; Key Manager Plus to 6401 or later; OS Deployer to 1.1.2243.1 or later; PAM 360 to 5713 or l…
  • Apply the update using the applicable ManageEngine vendor-supported update procedure. The vendor states that the fix updates the affected third-party module.
  • If immediate updating is not possible, prioritize affected systems for compensating controls and incident review, particularly systems exposed to untrusted networks. The provided authoritative sources do not specify a complete vendor-approved mitigation procedure.

Source-specific verification

  • Confirm the installed product and build is at or above the corresponding fixed version in the ManageEngine advisory.
  • Confirm whether SAML-based SSO is currently active or was previously configured, using the product’s administrative configuration or deployment records; use the applicable condition for the specific product.
  • Reassess the vulnerability after updating with an approved authenticated inventory or vulnerability-management check. Do not conduct exploit-based testing against production systems.
  • Review relevant authentication, administrative, and endpoint telemetry for signs of unauthorized activity because the vulnerability is listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Uncertainty and evidence gaps

  • The supplied source record reports product and version as n/a and truncates the product list; the exact affected product inventory must therefore be established separately.
  • The vendor advisory provides fixed builds and SAML applicability conditions but does not provide a universal verification command or a product-independent validation procedure.
  • A version at or above the listed fixed build is evidence of remediation for the corresponding product, but product-specific upgrade paths or later superseding releases should be confirmed through ManageEngine support documentation.

Claim-to-source evidence

  • Affected Product: The vulnerability affects multiple ManageEngine on-premise products, including the products and builds listed in the vendor advisory. Evidence
  • Affected Version: The vendor advisory identifies the impacted version ranges for each covered ManageEngine product. Evidence
  • Exposure: Applicability depends on SAML-based SSO: for some products it must be currently active, while for others it must have been configured at least once. Evidence
  • Fixed Version: The vendor advisory specifies concrete fixed builds, including Access Manager Plus 4308, ServiceDesk Plus 14004, Endpoint Central 10.1.2228.11, and product-specific fixed builds for the other covered products. Evidence
  • Remediation: ManageEngine states that the issue was fixed by updating the affected third-party module to a recent version. Evidence
  • Verification: Comparing the deployed product build with the vendor’s impacted and fixed-version table provides an inert version-based remediation check. Evidence
  • Exposure: NVD describes the issue as remote code execution and states that exploitation depends on SAML SSO having been configured, with current activation required for some products. Evidence

Synthesis sources

Generation provenance

Model
gpt-5.6-luna
Generated
2026-07-31T11:48:42Z
Prompt version
2026-07-14.2
Specificity
specific
Source fingerprint
1271d2ec77936738f2378be1e2c12645cecac56350ccd500e9e49a234f423d08

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Matched pattern: Improper input validation at a trust boundary

How to check exposure for CVE-2022-47966

  • Map the trust boundary the affected input crosses and record its source, expected type, range, length, encoding, and every downstream sink.
  • Identify where validation happens today, whether it runs before canonicalization, and whether client-side checks are relied on as the control.

Temporary containment

  • Reject the affected input pattern at the gateway or feature-flag the accepting route off until the validating fix ships.

How to remediate CVE-2022-47966

  • Apply the supported fix and validate on the server against an allowlist of expected type, format, range, and length after canonicalizing the value once.
  • Encode or neutralize at each sink for that sink's grammar rather than sanitizing once at input, and constrain redirect targets to an allowlist of relative paths or approved hosts.

How to verify the remediation

  • Confirm valid input still succeeds and that each invalid class is rejected with a safe, non-revealing error at the server boundary.
  • Verify canonicalization runs before validation so alternate encodings and normalization forms cannot bypass the check.

Rollback

  • Restore the previous validation, encoding, and routing code plus gateway rules from the captured state.

Stop and triage conditions

  • Stop if the proposed fix is a deny list, a client-side check, or a single global sanitizer applied without regard to the sink.
  • Stop if the correct accepted values cannot be established from documentation, schema, or the owning team.

Required output

Return a reviewer-ready minimal patch with exposure evidence, authoritative fixed-version evidence, regression tests, deployed-artifact verification, rollback notes, and source links; otherwise return TRIAGE.md with the blocking decision and owner.

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References and evidence

Cite this CVE record

Security Recipes. “CVE-2022-47966: Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products RCE” Last updated . Canonical URL: https://security-recipes.ai/cve/CVE-2022-47966/.

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