CVE-2025-9152
Improper Privilege Management in Multiple WSO2 API Manager via keymanager-operations DCR Endpoint
CRITICAL 9.8
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.71 % · percentile 53 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- WSO2
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | WSO2 |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-34755
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-9152
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_control_plane:4.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| WSO2 · WSO2 API Manager | unknown 0 < 3.2.0 ; affected 3.2.0 < 3.2.0.437 ; affected 3.2.1 < 3.2.1.57 ; affected 4.0.0 < 4.0.0.357 ; affected 4.1.0 < 4.1.0.221 ; affected 4.2.0 < 4.2.0.159 |
| WSO2 · WSO2 API Control Plane | affected 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.20 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |