# CVE-2022-28219: Cewolf in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus before 7060 is vulnerable to an unauthenticated XXE attack that leads to Remote Code Execution.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-04-05 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cewolf in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus before 7060 is vulnerable to an unauthenticated XXE attack that leads to Remote Code Execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://manageengine.com
- https://www.manageengine.com/products/active-directory-audit/cve-2022-28219.html
- https://www.horizon3.ai/red-team-blog-cve-2022-28219/
- http://cewolf.sourceforge.net/new/index.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167997/ManageEngine-ADAudit-Plus-Path-Traversal-XML-Injection.html
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/manageengine_adaudit_plus_cve_2022_28219.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-28219.yaml
- https://github.com/aeifkz/CVE-2022-28219-Like
- https://github.com/horizon3ai/CVE-2022-28219
- https://github.com/rbowes-r7/manageengine-auditad-cve-2022-28219

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