NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

CVE-2022-29464: Certain WSO2 products allow unrestricted file upload with resultant remote code execution.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 99/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Apr 25, 2022); it is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: May 16, 2022.
A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 99.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Patch today or shut off access. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

Certain WSO2 products allow unrestricted file upload with resultant remote code execution. The attacker must use a /fileupload endpoint with a Content-Disposition directory traversal sequence to reach a directory under the web root, such as a ../../../../repository/deployment/server/webapps directory. This affects WSO2 API Manager 2.2.0 up to 4.0.0, WSO2 Identity Server 5.2.0 up to 5.11.0, WSO2 Identity Server Analytics 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.5.0 and 5.6.0, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager 5.3.0 up to 5.11.0, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator 6.2.0 up to 6.6.0, WSO2 Open Banking AM 1.4.0 up to 2.0.0 and WSO2 Open Banking KM 1.4.0, up to 2.0.0.

BDU:2022-02512

Published: Apr 18, 2022
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 99.9% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 30 / 30 · 99.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 9.8
CNA · mitre: 9.8; agree

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Apr 25, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: May 16, 2022.

Known to be used in ransomware campaigns.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
wso2	api manager	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager
wso2	enterprise integrator	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:enterprise_integrator
wso2	identity server	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server
wso2	identity server analytics	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server_analytics
wso2	identity server as key manager	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server_as_key_manager
wso2	open banking am	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:open_banking_am
wso2	open banking iam	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:open_banking_iam
wso2	open banking km	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:open_banking_km

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

wso2 api manager2.2.0 and later · up to 4.0.0 inclusive
wso2 enterprise integrator6.2.0 and later · up to 6.6.0 inclusive
wso2 identity server5.2.0 and later · up to 5.11.0 inclusive
wso2 identity server analytics5.4.0
wso2 identity server analytics5.4.1
wso2 identity server analytics5.5.0
wso2 identity server analytics5.6.0
wso2 identity server as key manager5.3.0 and later · up to 5.10.0 inclusive

+3 more rows

wso2 open banking am1.3.0 and later · up to 2.0.0 inclusive
wso2 open banking iam2.0.0
wso2 open banking km1.3.0 and later · up to 1.5.0 inclusive

Same product

wso2: all records

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CVE-2026-2053Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via WS-Addressing in WSO2 API Manager
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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2020-17453Apr 5, 2021 · WSO2 Management Console through 5.10 allows XSS via the carbon/admin/login.jsp msgId parameter.
32Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2021-36760Dec 7, 2021 · In accountrecoveryendpoint/recoverpassword.do in WSO2 Identity Server 5.7.0, it is possible to perform a DOM-Based XSS attack affecting the…
24Monitor
Later →CVE-2022-29548Apr 20, 2022 · A reflected XSS issue exists in the Management Console of several WSO2 products.
36Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

Metasploit module ×1
Nuclei detection template ×1
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×29

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	29 repositories	2022-04-20 → 2025-01-17
Metasploit module	exploit/multi/http/wso2_file_upload_rceWSO2 Arbitrary File Upload to RCEexploit	2022-04-01
Nuclei detection template	Nuclei template CVE-2022-29464	—

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

MetasploitApr 1, 2022-18 d
PublishedApr 18, 2022
First PoCApr 20, 2022+1 d
CISA KEVApr 25, 2022+6 d
TodayNov 13, 2026+1670 d

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (0)

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/22/7

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Data sources and verification

CNA: mitre

CVE.org (CNA)Oct 21, 2025, 11:15 PM UTC
CISA ADPOct 21, 2025, 11:15 PM UTC
NVDJun 17, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC
FIRST EPSSOct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
MetasploitNov 13, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
NucleiNov 13, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
PoC-in-GitHubNov 13, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

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