Actively exploited · Published Apr 18, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-29464
Critical 9.8 Exploited Ransomware
In plain English
A critical-severity path traversal in Multiple Products from WSO2. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on April 25, 2022). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 100.0% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by May 16, 2022.
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
References
- [oss-security] 20220422 CVE-2022-29464 :: WSO2 Unrestricted arbitrary file upload, and remote code to execution vulnerability. mailing-list
- https://github.com/hakivvi/CVE-2022-29464
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166921/WSO-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2022/WSO2-2021-1738/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-29464 government-resource