CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-11969

CriticalCVSS 9.4
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The System REST APIs do not correctly enforce access control mechanisms, allowing users with lower privilege roles to execute administrative actions that should be restricted. This weakness permits unauthorized operations on the affected product. APIs exposed through the WSO2 API Manager's API Gateway are not affected.

Risk Assessment

A low-privileged attacker could perform administrative operations, potentially leading to privilege escalation and unauthorized changes to the system.

Recommendation

Apply the vendor patch that restores proper access control in the System REST APIs and review user roles and permissions.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The System REST APIs do not correctly enforce access control mechanisms, allowing users with lower privilege roles to execute administrative actions that should be restricted. This weakness permits unauthorized operations on the affected product. Successful exploitation could enable a malicious actor to perform unauthorized administrative operations, including executing administrative functions. APIs exposed through the WSO2 API Manager's API Gateway are not affected by this vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS