Zoho
CVE-2023-32783
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could bypass authorization checks to access restricted resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The event analysis component in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus 7.1.1 allows an attacker to bypass audit detection by creating or renaming user accounts with a "$" symbol suffix. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Review and test authorization logic, implement consistent access control checks, use centralized authorization framework.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863), which allows attackers to bypass authorization checks to access restricted resources. The event analysis component in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus 7.1.1 allows an attacker to bypass audit detection by creating or renaming user accounts with a "$" symbol suffix. NOTE: the vendor states "We do not consider this as a security bug and it's an expected behaviour." Affected products include: Zohocorp Manageengine Adaudit Plus.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The event analysis component in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus 7.1.1 allows an attacker to bypass audit detection by creating or renaming user accounts with a "$" symbol suffix. NOTE: the vendor states "We do not consider this as a security bug and it's an expected behaviour."
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Multiple Zoho ManageEngine on-premise products allow unauthenticated remote code execution through SAML SSO functionalit
Directory traversal vulnerability in the file upload functionality in ZOHO WebNMS Framework 5.2 and 5.2 SP1 allows remot
The FileUploadServlet class in ManageEngine Desktop Central 9 before build 91093 allows remote attackers to upload and e
Directory traversal vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers
ZOHO ManageEngine OpManager 11.5 build 11600 and earlier uses a hardcoded password of "plugin" for the IntegrationUser a
PGSQL:SubmitQuery.do in ZOHO ManageEngine OpManager 11.6, 11.5, and earlier allows remote administrators to bypass SQL q
Directory traversal vulnerability in the agentUpload servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 9.0 build 9002 and 8
ZOHO ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 10.6 build 10060 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions
Directory traversal vulnerability in the file download functionality in ZOHO WebNMS Framework 5.2 and 5.2 SP1 allows rem
Directory traversal vulnerability in the com.me.opmanager.extranet.remote.communication.fw.fe.FileCollector servlet in Z
SQL injection vulnerability in the LinkViewFetchServlet servlet in ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) and Desktop Central
The ManageEngine ServiceDesk 9.3.9328 is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads due to improper restrictions of the path
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