Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-6914

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: WSO2

Product: WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Governance Registry, WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager, WSO2 IoT, WSO2 Open Banking AM, WSO2 Open banking KM, WSO2 Open Banking IAM, WSO2 Carbon Identity Management

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.26% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6914
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2024/WSO2-2024-3561/
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-guidelines/security-guidelines-for-production-deployment/

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