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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2018-9163 json

A stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus before 5.3 (Build 5350) allows remote authenti…

published 2018-04-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20760

cvss
5.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus before 5.3 (Build 5350) allows remote authenticated users (with Add New Technician permissions) to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the loginName field to technicianAction.do.

Patch / fix

  • zohocorp manageengine_recovery_manager_plus 5.3

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-44666)

Exploit prediction

4.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44666 ManageEngine Recovery Manager Plus 5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2018-05-21
  • gurelahmet.com https://gurelahmet.com/cve-2018-9163-zoho-manageengine-recovery-manager-plus-5-3-build-5330-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.