CVE-2025-9152

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2025/WSO2-2025-4483/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	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:-::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-10-16 13:15

Updated : 2025-10-21 18:33

NVD link : CVE-2025-9152

Mitre link : CVE-2025-9152

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-9152

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wso2

api_manager
api_control_plane

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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