github - ghsa-5w6w-g3g3-9qjv

ghsa-5w6w-g3g3-9qjv

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-10-16 15:30

Modified

2025-10-16 15:30

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

A malicious user can exploit this flaw to generate access tokens with elevated privileges, potentially leading to administrative access and the ability to perform unauthorized operations.

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CVE-2025-9152 (GCVE-0-2025-9152)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-10-16 12:37

Modified

2025-10-16 12:59

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

An improper privilege management vulnerability exists in WSO2 API Manager due to missing authentication and authorization checks in the keymanager-operations Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) endpoint. A malicious user can exploit this flaw to generate access tokens with elevated privileges, potentially leading to administrative access and the ability to perform unauthorized operations.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2025/WSO2-2025-4483/	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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WSO2

WSO2 API Manager

Version: 3.2.0   < 3.2.0.437
Version: 3.2.1   < 3.2.1.57
Version: 4.0.0   < 4.0.0.357
Version: 4.1.0   < 4.1.0.221
Version: 4.2.0   < 4.2.0.159
Version: 4.3.0   < 4.3.0.72
Version: 4.4.0   < 4.4.0.35
Version: 4.5.0   < 4.5.0.19

WSO2

WSO2 API Control Plane

Version: 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.20

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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