CVE-2025-36527
Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A high-severity SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-36527) was identified in Zohocorp ManageEngine ADAudit Plus affecting all versions below build 8511. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by security researcher minhgalaxy, with the fix being released on May 09, 2025 (ManageEngine Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability affects an API responsible for exporting ADAudit Plus reports, allowing SQL injection attacks. The severity is rated as HIGH with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.3, and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could enable an authenticated adversary to execute custom queries and gain unauthorized access to database table entries through the vulnerable request (ManageEngine Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update their ADAudit Plus instance to build 8511 using the service pack. This build contains the fix for the SQL injection vulnerability (ManageEngine Advisory).

Community reactions

The vulnerability was part of a larger security update from ManageEngine in May 2025, which addressed multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities across their product suite (ASEC).

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