Description
Tokens issued to a low-privileged user are not sufficiently restricted, allowing them to be used to access product-level Admin REST APIs.

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to invoke the Admin REST APIs of WSO2 products, potentially leading to full administrative account takeover. This requires the attacker to already possess a low-privileged user account and be able to obtain a valid token for it.
Published: 2026-08-06
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Follow the instructions given on https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2026-5077/#solution

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History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Tokens issued to a low-privileged user are not sufficiently restricted, allowing them to be used to access product-level Admin REST APIs. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to invoke the Admin REST APIs of WSO2 products, potentially leading to full administrative account takeover. This requires the attacker to already possess a low-privileged user account and be able to obtain a valid token for it.
Title Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover
First Time appeared Wso2
Wso2 wso2 Api Control Plane
Wso2 wso2 Api Manager
Wso2 wso2 Carbon Api Manager Rest Api Common Functions
Wso2 wso2 Carbon Api Manager Rest Api Utility
Wso2 wso2 Traffic Manager
Wso2 wso2 Universal Gateway
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wso2:wso2_api_control_plane:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:wso2_api_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:wso2_carbon_api_manager_rest_api_common_functions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:wso2_carbon_api_manager_rest_api_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:wso2_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:wso2_universal_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wso2
Wso2 wso2 Api Control Plane
Wso2 wso2 Api Manager
Wso2 wso2 Carbon Api Manager Rest Api Common Functions
Wso2 wso2 Carbon Api Manager Rest Api Utility
Wso2 wso2 Traffic Manager
Wso2 wso2 Universal Gateway
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

Wso2 Wso2 Api Control Plane Wso2 Api Manager Wso2 Carbon Api Manager Rest Api Common Functions Wso2 Carbon Api Manager Rest Api Utility Wso2 Traffic Manager Wso2 Universal Gateway
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WSO2

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T12:31:19.553Z

Reserved: 2026-01-31T08:23:56.379Z

Link: CVE-2026-1728

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T12:31:16.624Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T09:30:02Z

Weaknesses