Incorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products via Account Recovery SOAP Admin Service Leading to Account Takeover
An incorrect authorization vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products due to a business logic flaw in the account recovery-related SOAP admin service. A malicious actor can exploit this vulnerability to reset the password of any user account, leading to a complete account takeover, including accounts with elevated privileges. This vulnerability is exploitable only through the account recovery SOAP admin services exposed via the "/services" context path in affected products. The impact may be reduced if access to these endpoints has been restricted based on the "Security Guidelines for Production Deployment" by disabling exposure to untrusted networks.
- Published
- May 22, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 52th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
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Action score
39
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · WSO2
- 9.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| wso2 | api manager | cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager |
| wso2 | identity server | cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server |
| 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
- wso2 api manager2.5.0
- wso2 api manager2.6.0
- wso2 api manager3.0.0
- wso2 api manager3.1.0
- wso2 api manager3.2.0
- wso2 api manager3.2.1
- wso2 api manager4.0.0
- wso2 api manager4.1.0
- wso2 api manager4.2.0
- wso2 api manager4.3.0
- wso2 identity server5.10.0
- wso2 identity server5.11.0
- wso2 identity server5.3.0
- wso2 identity server5.4.0
- wso2 identity server5.4.1
- wso2 identity server5.5.0
- wso2 identity server5.6.0
- wso2 identity server5.7.0
- wso2 identity server5.8.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WSO2). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
WSO2 WSO2 API Manager
- before 2.2.0unknown
- 2.2.0 and later · before 2.2.0.55affected
- 2.5.0 and later · before 2.5.0.82affected
- 2.6.0 and later · before 2.6.0.141affected
- 3.0.0 and later · before 3.0.0.161affected
- 3.1.0 and later · before 3.1.0.292affected
- 3.2.0 and later · before 3.2.0.382affected
- 3.2.1 and later · before 3.2.1.14affected
- 4.0.0 and later · before 4.0.0.304affected
- 4.1.0 and later · before 4.1.0.164affected
WSO2 WSO2 Carbon Identity Management
- 5.7.5 and later · before 5.7.5.9affected
- 5.10.86 and later · before 5.10.86.4affected
- 5.10.112 and later · before 5.10.112.14affected
- 5.11.148 and later · before 5.11.148.13affected
- 5.11.256 and later · before 5.11.256.15affected
- 5.12.153 and later · before 5.12.153.58affected
- 5.12.387 and later · before 5.12.387.41affected
- 5.14.97 and later · before 5.14.97.75affected
- 5.17.5 and later · before 5.17.5.282affected
- 5.17.118 and later · before 5.17.118.4affected
WSO2 WSO2 Governance Registry
- 5.4.0 and later · before 5.4.0.14affected
WSO2 WSO2 Identity Server
- before 5.3.0unknown
- 5.3.0 and later · before 5.3.0.31affected
- 5.4.0 and later · before 5.4.0.30affected
- 5.4.1 and later · before 5.4.1.35affected
- 5.5.0 and later · before 5.5.0.48affected
- 5.6.0 and later · before 5.6.0.56affected
- 5.7.0 and later · before 5.7.0.122affected
- 5.8.0 and later · before 5.8.0.104affected
- 5.9.0 and later · before 5.9.0.155affected
- 5.10.0 and later · before 5.10.0.317affected
WSO2 WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager
- before 5.3.0unknown
- 5.3.0 and later · before 5.3.0.36affected
- 5.5.0 and later · before 5.5.0.49affected
- 5.6.0 and later · before 5.6.0.70affected
- 5.7.0 and later · before 5.7.0.121affected
- 5.9.0 and later · before 5.9.0.162affected
- 5.10.0 and later · before 5.10.0.311affected
WSO2 WSO2 IoT
- 3.3.0 and later · before 3.3.0.59affected
- 3.3.1 and later · before 3.3.1.61affected
WSO2 WSO2 Open Banking AM
- before 1.3.0unknown
- 1.3.0 and later · before 1.3.0.130affected
- 1.4.0 and later · before 1.4.0.133affected
- 1.5.0 and later · before 1.5.0.135affected
- 2.0.0 and later · before 2.0.0.341affected
WSO2 WSO2 Open Banking IAM
- 2.0.0 and later · before 2.0.0.362affected
WSO2 WSO2 Open banking KM
- before 1.3.0unknown
- 1.3.0 and later · before 1.3.0.113affected
- 1.4.0 and later · before 1.4.0.129affected
- 1.5.0 and later · before 1.5.0.119affected
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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
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-6837524 days apartIncorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products via Federated Authentication with JIT Provisioning Leading to User Impersonation32Monitor
- CVE-2024-232184 days apartIncorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows API Access via Refresh Token22Monitor
- CVE-2024-70968 days apartPrivilege Escalation in Multiple WSO2 Products via SOAP Admin Service Due to Business Logic Flaw21Monitor
- CVE-2024-70978 days apartIncorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products via SOAP Admin Service Allowing Unauthorized User Signup17Monitor
- CVE-2024-351132 days apartIncorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Unauthorized Access to Registry Versioned Files17Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
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-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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References
- security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2024/WSO2-2024-3561/
- security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-guidelines/security-guidelines-for-production-deployment/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.