VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-8325

Users with the 'Internal/Everyone' role can invoke these APIs, bypassing intended permission checks.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The software fails to enforce role-based access controls for certain Gateway API invocations. Users with the 'Internal/Everyone' role can invoke these APIs, bypassing intended permission checks. This same vulnerability also affects Internal Service APIs, potentially exposing them in WSO2 APIM 3.x versions. A malicious actor with a valid user account on a vulnerable deployment can perform sensitive operations against the Gateway REST API regardless of their actual roles or privileges. This could lead to unintended behavior or misuse, particularly in production environments.

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-281
Affected: wso2/api control plane · wso2/api manager · wso2/traffic manager · wso2/universal gateway
Source: ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8

References

https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2025-4401/Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.