Authorization Bypass via Adaptive Authentication in WSO2 Identity Server Allows Cross-Organization Account Takeover (WSO2 WSO2 Identity Server)

CVE-2025-9973
MEDIUM 6.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.37 % · percentile 30 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
WSO2
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Due to not validating the organization context when executing adaptive authentication flows, the WSO2 Identity Server allows adaptive authentication logic to be triggered on unintended organizations. A malicious actor with privileges to configure adaptive authentication within one organization can leverage this functionality to execute authentication logic on other organizations and sub-organizations. This flaw allows bypassing authorization boundaries between organizations, leading to unauthorized access to critical operations and user accounts in other organizations. When adaptive authentication is enabled in a multi-organization deployment, a malicious actor with privileges to configure adaptive authentication in one organization could exploit this feature to perform critical operations in other organizations without authorization. This may result in privilege escalation, unauthorized access to resources, and potential account takeover across organizations.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
  • CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LWSO2
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LNVD · ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
WSO2 · WSO2 Identity Serveraffected 7.1.0 < 7.1.0.26
WSO2 · Conditional Authentication User and Roles Related Functionsaffected 1.2.76 < 1.2.76.1 ; unaffected 1.2.82 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD