CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-5770

MediumCVSS 6.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the authentication endpoints of multiple WSO2 products due to a lack of output encoding. A malicious actor can inject arbitrary JavaScript payloads into the authentication endpoint, which are reflected back in the response, enabling browser-based attacks. Exploitation may result in redirection to malicious websites, UI manipulation, or unauthorized data access from the victim's browser. However, session-related cookies are protected with the httpOnly flag, which mitigates session hijacking via this vector.

Risk Assessment

Reflected XSS can allow an attacker to execute malicious code in a victim's browser, potentially leading to redirection to malicious sites, UI manipulation, or data theft. Despite httpOnly protection for session cookies, other data may be at risk.

Recommendation

Update WSO2 products to versions that include the fix for this vulnerability. Additionally, implement XSS protections such as input validation and output encoding.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the authentication endpoints of multiple WSO2 products due to a lack of output encoding. A malicious actor can inject arbitrary JavaScript payloads into the authentication endpoint, which are reflected back in the response, enabling browser-based attacks. Exploitation may result in redirection to malicious websites, UI manipulation, or unauthorized data access from the victim’s browser. However, session-related cookies are protected with the httpOnly flag, which mitigates session hijacking via this vector.

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