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Exchange Reporter Plus CVE-2025-5347

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2025-10-30 0fc0942c-577d-436f-ae8e-945763c79b02
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privileged user
  2. Delivery
    Inject script into report field
  3. Exploit
    Payload stored in reports module
  4. Execution
    Victim opens affected report
  5. Impact
    Script executes in victim browser session

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account with sufficient access to submit or configure data that is persisted and rendered by the reports module of ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus (PR:L), plus a second user viewing the poisoned report for the stored payload to fire (UI:R). Limiting factors: the attacker must already have valid low-privileged credentials to the application, the malicious content only executes when a victim loads the affected report, and only deployments on builds earlier than 5723 are affected - upgrading to 5723 remediates. Impact is confined to the victim's browser/session context (confidentiality and integrity Low, no availability impact).

Impact

This is a moderate, not urgent, priority. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) describes a stored XSS that requires an already-authenticated low-privileged user to inject the payload (PR:L) and a victim to then view the affected report (UI:R); the scope change (S:C) reflects execution in the victim's browser context rather than a server compromise, and impacts are limited (C:L/I:L, A:N). The EPSS score of 0.45% (37th percentile) indicates low near-term exploitation probability, which is consistent with the absence of any CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code identified in the provided data. No signals conflict here - low EPSS, no KEV, and no POC all align with a 'patch in normal cycle' posture. The main real-world risk is an authenticated insider or a compromised low-privilege account escalating reach by targeting higher-privileged administrators who view reports; this is a session/UI-level threat, not remote unauthenticated code execution. Treat as a routine security update rather than an emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated low-privileged user of ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus injects a malicious script into a field that is persisted and later rendered in the reports module. When an administrator or other user opens the affected report, the stored script executes in their browser session, potentially enabling session hijacking or actions performed as the victim. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus before build 5723 allows an authenticated low-privileged user to inject persistent JavaScript into the reports module, which executes in another user's browser when that user views the poisoned report. The vendor has released build 5723 as the fix, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is low at 0.45% (37th percentile), consistent with a moderate, not urgent, priority.

RemediationAI

Upgrade ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus to build 5723 or later; the vendor advisory at https://www.manageengine.com/products/exchange-reports/advisory/CVE-2025-5347.html provides the fix details, making this a vendor-released patch: build 5723. Until upgrading, reduce exposure by restricting report creation and configuration privileges to trusted administrators and auditing existing report definitions or saved parameters for unexpected scripts, understanding that this may limit legitimate reporting functionality. Because exploitation requires valid low-privileged credentials, enforcing least privilege and monitoring for suspicious report modifications can further reduce risk. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, so widespread opportunistic exploitation is unlikely, but the stored nature of the XSS means administrators should prioritize the upgrade over generic workarounds.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation, commonly known as cross-site scripting) is the root-cause class. The affected component is the reports module of Zoho ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus, where user-supplied report content is stored and later rendered without sufficient output encoding, allowing the payload to execute in the context of a different user's browser session. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates network reachability and low attack complexity, but the attacker must already hold a valid low-privileged account and a second user must view the affected report; scope is changed because script executes in the victim's browser, while confidentiality and integrity impacts are Low and availability impact is None. Affected builds per CPE include the 5.7 release train with builds 5700 through 5707 and versions prior to 5723.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Authenticated low-priv user stores the payload (PR:L) delivered over the network (AV:N), a victim must view the report (UI:R), and script runs cross-context (S:C) with limited C/I impact and no availability loss.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus versions before 5723 are vulnerable to Stored Cross Site Scripting in the reports module.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche enterprise Exchange reporting product, limited deployment footprint
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

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cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_exchange_reporter_plus:5.7:5707:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_exchange_reporter_plus:5.7:5710:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_exchange_reporter_plus:5.7:5711:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_exchange_reporter_plus:5.7:5712:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_exchange_reporter_plus:5.7:5718:*:*:*:*:*:*
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