CVE-2022-47966

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2023-01-23

Actively exploited. CVE-2022-47966 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-01-23) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2022-47966 is indexed in Metasploit, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.

Multiple Zoho ManageEngine products contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability due to the usage of an outdated third-party dependency, Apache Santuario.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Zoho Remote code execution

What: An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists due to an outdated third-party dependency.
Who is affected: Users of multiple Zoho ManageEngine products are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is critical as the vulnerability is actively exploited and classified as critical.
Action: Update to the latest version of the affected products.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Exploit availability

Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2022-47966 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.

MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2022-47966: Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-01-23

External references

NVD record for CVE-2022-47966

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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