Cewolf in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus before 7060 is vulnerable to an unauthenticated XXE attack that leads to Remote Code Execution.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-28219 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 94.20%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-01 | 93.97% | 94.20% | +0.24% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 91.74% | 93.97% | +2.23% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 91.74% | — |
Full EPSS history (30 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | <= 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7000:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7002:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7003:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7004:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7005:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7006:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7007:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7008:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7050:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7051:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7052:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7053:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| zohocorp | manageengine_adaudit_plus | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_adaudit_plus:7.0:7054:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://cewolf.sourceforge.net/new/index.html | Product Third Party Advisory |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167997/ManageEngine-ADAudit-Plus-Path-Traversal-XML-Injection.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://manageengine.com | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.horizon3.ai/red-team-blog-cve-2022-28219/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.manageengine.com/products/active-directory-audit/cve-2022-28219.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |