CVE-2023-29084 — Manageengine Admanager Plus
HIGHCVE-2023-29084 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) CWE-77 vulnerability in zohocorp manageengine admanager plus. 3 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Zoho ManageEngine ADManager Plus before 7181 allows for authenticated users to exploit command injection via Proxy settings.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2023-29084.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2023-29084 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 396,257 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the ≥ 90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
Zoho ManageEngine ADManager Plus before 7181 allows for authenticated users to exploit command injection via Proxy settings.
Affected Products
manageengine admanager pluszohocorpResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every zohocorp manageengine admanager plus deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the zohocorp manageengine admanager plus security patch or hotfix for CVE-2023-29084 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
How to detect CVE-2023-29084
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2023-29084 -u https://target- Template
- ManageEngine ADManager Plus - Command Injection
- Severity
- high
- Impact
- Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution, unauthorized access to sensitive information, or complete compromise of the target system.
- Remediation
- Apply the latest security patch or update provided by the vendor to fix the command injection vulnerability in ManageEngine ADManager Plus.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (rootxharsh, iamnoooob, pdresearch), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2023-29084 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.