{"id":56845,"date":"2025-07-03T10:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:13:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-08T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:19:54","slug":"cve-2025-5366-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-zohocorp-manageengine-exchange-reporter-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5366-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-zohocorp-manageengine-exchange-reporter-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-5366: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s post, we will be discussing a significant cybersecurity vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-5366. This vulnerability impacts Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus, a widely used software in the IT sector for managing and analyzing Microsoft Exchange Servers. This vulnerability is a type of stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack, which is a common security issue that could potentially allow hackers to inject malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-47294-critical-vulnerability-in-ncr-terminal-handler-v1-5-1-allows-user-account-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63757\">scripts<\/a> into web pages viewed by other users. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6370-critical-vulnerability-in-d-link-dir-619l-2-06b01-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63408\">vulnerability matters because it could potentially compromise a system<\/a> or result in data leakage if exploited, thereby posing a significant risk to the integrity and confidentiality of data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-5366<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6510-critical-vulnerability-in-netgear-ex6100-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63670\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1395716511\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5966-stored-xss-vulnerability-in-zohocorp-manageengine-exchange-reporter-plus\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65696\">Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange Reporter<\/a> Plus | Version\u00a05722 and below<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The stored XSS vulnerability exists in the &#8216;Folder-wise read mails with subject&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45890-critical-directory-traversal-vulnerability-in-novel-plus-before-v-5-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63539\">report functionality of Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange<\/a> Reporter Plus. The application does not properly validate or sanitize user-supplied data, which allows remote attackers to inject <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-48978-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ncr-itm-web-terminal\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63556\">arbitrary web<\/a> script or HTML. Since the injected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49132-critical-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-pterodactyl-game-server-management-panel\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63307\">code is permanently stored on the target servers<\/a>, it will be executed every time the user accesses the affected webpage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3875065746\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This could be a sample HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48921-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-drupal-open-social\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64995\">request sent to a vulnerable<\/a> endpoint.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/exchange\/reporter\/folderwise\/readmails HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;subject&quot;: &quot;&lt;script&gt;malicious_script_here&lt;\/script&gt;&quot;,\n&quot;folder&quot;: &quot;Inbox&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6512-script-execution-with-admin-privileges-on-brain2-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63459\">script would be stored on the server and executed<\/a> every time the &#8216;Folder-wise read mails with subject&#8217; report is viewed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users are advised to apply the vendor-released patch. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, users can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation. It is also recommended to always validate and sanitize user-supplied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6435-firefox-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64996\">data to prevent such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In today&#8217;s post, we will be discussing a significant cybersecurity vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-5366. This vulnerability impacts Zohocorp ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus, a widely used software in the IT sector for managing and analyzing Microsoft Exchange Servers. This vulnerability is a type of stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack, which is a common security issue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[82],"product":[],"attack_vector":[81],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-56845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-microsoft","attack_vector-xss"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56845"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59150,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56845\/revisions\/59150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56845"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=56845"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=56845"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=56845"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=56845"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=56845"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=56845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}