Vulnerability · Published Apr 16, 2026 · Assigned by WSO2

CVE-2024-2374XML External Entity Injection in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Arbitrary file read and Denial of Service

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity XML external entity in WSO2 API Manager from WSO2. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The XML parsers within multiple WSO2 products accept user-supplied XML data without properly configuring to prevent the resolution of external entities. This omission allows malicious actors to craft XML payloads that exploit the parser's behavior, leading to the inclusion of external resources. By leveraging this vulnerability, an attacker can read confidential files from the file system and access limited HTTP resources reachable by the product. Additionally, the vulnerability can be exploited to perform denial of service attacks by exhausting server resources through recursive entity expansion or fetching large external resources.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
WSO2 WSO2 API Manager 3.1.0 – before 3.1.0.2783.2.0 – before 3.2.0.3684.0.0 – before 4.0.0.2804.1.0 – before 4.1.0.2064.2.0 – before 4.2.0.1444.3.0 – before 4.3.0.57
WSO2 WSO2 Identity Server 5.10.0 – before 5.10.0.3005.11.0 – before 5.11.0.3296.0.0 – before 6.0.0.1796.1.0 – before 6.1.0.136
WSO2 WSO2 Open Banking AM 2.0.0 – before 2.0.0.328
WSO2 WSO2 Open Banking IAM 2.0.0 – before 2.0.0.348
WSO2 WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager 5.10.0 – before 5.10.0.296

Weakness: CWE-611 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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