What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-5556?

CVE-2024-5556 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 4.5%.

Zoho CVE-2024-5556

HIGH

SQL Injection (CWE-89)

2024-08-23 0fc0942c-577d-436f-ae8e-945763c79b02

SQLi Zoho Manageengine Adaudit Plus Zohocorp

8.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

View

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-89 OWASP Top 10:2025 A05:2025 - Injection ASVS 5.0 V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements MITRE ATT&CK 2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database by sending crafted requests to the affected application.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).

No patch listed yet 4.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.

Alert me

AnalysisAI

Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus versions below 8000 are vulnerable to the authenticated SQL injection in reports module. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.

Affects your stack

Find out whether the stacks and servers you run are on an affected version.

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus versions below 8000 are vulnerable to the authenticated SQL injection in reports module. Affected products include: Zohocorp Manageengine Adaudit Plus.

Know when Zoho gets its next vulnerability

Watch products and get an email when something new is published
Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources

Continue with Google Continue with GitHub

No credit card · 7-day full trial

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

DescriptionNVD

Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus versions below 8000 are vulnerable to the authenticated SQL injection in reports module.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

4.5%

Top 10% exploitable

Data Quality

2 sources

Confidence: Low

NVD

CVE.org

EPSS

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity HIGH

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 4.5%

Patch available No

Active threat No

Deciding rule

HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Scheduled

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Open

Automatable· derived

Human Impact· derived

Medium

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +5

CVSS: +44

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

SQL Injection HIGH

SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

More in Zoho

View all

CVE-2022-47966 CRITICAL Act Now POC

9.8 Jan 18

Multiple Zoho ManageEngine on-premise products allow unauthenticated remote code execution through SAML SSO functionalit

CVE-2016-6600 CRITICAL Emergency POC

9.8 Jan 23

Directory traversal vulnerability in the file upload functionality in ZOHO WebNMS Framework 5.2 and 5.2 SP1 allows remot

CVE-2015-8249 CRITICAL Emergency POC

9.8 Sep 28

The FileUploadServlet class in ManageEngine Desktop Central 9 before build 91093 allows remote attackers to upload and e

CVE-2014-5005 HIGH Act Now POC

7.5 Oct 21

Directory traversal vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers

CVE-2015-7765 CRITICAL Emergency POC

9.0 Oct 09

ZOHO ManageEngine OpManager 11.5 build 11600 and earlier uses a hardcoded password of "plugin" for the IntegrationUser a

CVE-2015-7766 CRITICAL Emergency POC

9.0 Oct 09

PGSQL:SubmitQuery.do in ZOHO ManageEngine OpManager 11.6, 11.5, and earlier allows remote administrators to bypass SQL q

CVE-2014-6037 HIGH Act Now POC

7.5 Oct 26

Directory traversal vulnerability in the agentUpload servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 9.0 build 9002 and 8

CVE-2015-7387 HIGH Act Now POC

7.5 Sep 28

ZOHO ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 10.6 build 10060 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions

CVE-2016-6601 HIGH Act Now POC

7.5 Jan 23

Directory traversal vulnerability in the file download functionality in ZOHO WebNMS Framework 5.2 and 5.2 SP1 allows rem

CVE-2014-6034 MEDIUM This Month POC

5.0 Dec 04

Directory traversal vulnerability in the com.me.opmanager.extranet.remote.communication.fw.fe.FileCollector servlet in Z

CVE-2014-3996 HIGH Act Now POC

7.5 Dec 05

SQL injection vulnerability in the LinkViewFetchServlet servlet in ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) and Desktop Central

CVE-2017-11512 HIGH Act Now POC

7.5 Nov 08

The ManageEngine ServiceDesk 9.3.9328 is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads due to improper restrictions of the path

Same weakness CWE-89 – SQL Injection

View all

CVE-2023-48788 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2019-7481 HIGH POC

7.5

CVE-2025-57819 CRITICAL POC

10.0

CVE-2017-8917 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2024-27956 CRITICAL POC

9.9

CVE-2014-3704 HIGH POC

7.5

CVE-2016-2555 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2016-8582 CRITICAL POC

9.8

Same technique SQLi

View all

CVE-2013-0333 HIGH POC

7.5

References

Advisories & patches

ADVISORY https://www.manageengine.com/products/active-directory-audit/cve-2024-5556.html

Search Externally

GitHub PoC

Exploit-DB PacketStorm Snyk Rapid7 Nuclei Templates Trickest PoC

Back