Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2025 · Assigned by WSO2

CVE-2025-10611Potential Broken Access Control in Multiple WSO2 Products via System REST APIs

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity incorrect authorization in org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.rest:org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.service from WSO2. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Due to an insufficient access control implementation in multiple WSO2 Products, authentication and authorization checks for certain REST APIs can be bypassed, allowing them to be invoked without proper validation. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a malicious actor gaining administrative access and performing unauthenticated and unauthorized administrative operations.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
WSO2 WSO2 API Manager 2.1.0 – before 2.1.0.422.2.0 – before 2.2.0.612.5.0 – before 2.5.0.872.6.0 – before 2.6.0.1483.0.0 – before 3.0.0.1783.1.0 – before 3.1.0.3453.2.0 – before 3.2.0.446
WSO2 WSO2 API Control Plane 4.5.0 – before 4.5.0.29
WSO2 WSO2 Open Banking AM 1.4.0 – before 1.4.0.1411.5.0 – before 1.5.0.1422.0.0 – before 2.0.0.394
WSO2 WSO2 Open Banking IAM 2.0.0 – before 2.0.0.414
WSO2 WSO2 Identity Server 5.3.0 – before 5.3.0.395.5.0 – before 5.5.0.545.6.0 – before 5.6.0.625.7.0 – before 5.7.0.1285.8.0 – before 5.8.0.1125.9.0 – before 5.9.0.1715.10.0 – before 5.10.0.375
WSO2 WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager 5.3.0 – before 5.3.0.445.5.0 – before 5.5.0.555.6.0 – before 5.6.0.775.7.0 – before 5.7.0.1275.9.0 – before 5.9.0.1785.10.0 – before 5.10.0.365
WSO2 WSO2 Open Banking KM 1.4.0 – before 1.4.0.1351.5.0 – before 1.5.0.125
WSO2 WSO2 Universal Gateway 4.5.0 – before 4.5.0.27
WSO2 WSO2 Traffic Manager 4.5.0 – before 4.5.0.27
WSO2 org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.rest:org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.service 1.1.1 – before 1.1.1.71.1.16 – before 1.1.16.61.1.18 – before 1.1.18.71.1.20 – before 1.1.20.91.1.26 – before 1.1.26.111.3.6 – before 1.3.6.111.4.0 – before 1.4.0.211.4.25 – before 1.4.25.27
WSO2 org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.rest:org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.valve 1.1.1 – before 1.1.1.71.1.16 – before 1.1.16.61.1.18 – before 1.1.18.71.1.20 – before 1.1.20.91.1.26 – before 1.1.26.111.3.6 – before 1.3.6.111.4.0 – before 1.4.0.211.4.25 – before 1.4.25.27

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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