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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain administrator access to Admin REST API
  2. Delivery
    Submit crafted input into API parameter
  3. Exploit
    Influence structure of executed SQL statement
  4. Execution
    Infer database contents via blind SQLi responses
  5. Impact
    Impact database availability

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires authenticated access to the WSO2 Admin REST API with administrator privileges (CVSS PR:H); the attacker supplies input that is insufficiently sanitized before being incorporated into the structure of SQL statements, yielding blind SQL injection. The administrator-privilege requirement is the primary limiting factor - this is not reachable by unauthenticated or low-privileged users - so realistic risk centers on compromised/abused admin credentials or malicious insiders rather than broad remote attack. The specific vulnerable feature or endpoint beyond 'the Admin REST API' is not further detailed in the available sources, and no non-default configuration is cited as a prerequisite.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H, base 8.7 High) shows a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw that nonetheless requires high privileges - the description and vector agree that the attacker must already hold administrator rights on the WSO2 Admin REST API, so PR:H is well-grounded rather than a case of CVSS and description conflicting. This is the decisive mitigating factor: the vulnerability is a privilege-escalation-of-impact / trust-boundary issue available only to authenticated administrators, not a pre-auth remote compromise. The scope change (S:C) and A:H reflect that blind SQL injection reaches the backend database service and can degrade its availability, while C:H reflects inference of database contents; I:N indicates the vendor does not credit data modification. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public PoC or exploit reference were supplied - only the WSO2 vendor advisory - so there is no evidence of active or imminent exploitation. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', consistent with a serious but admin-gated issue rather than an emergency. Net: a genuine High-severity bug worth patching on the vendor's indicated timeline, but the administrator-privilege precondition substantially limits real-world attacker reach compared with the raw 8.7 score.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated administrator (or an attacker who has already compromised admin credentials or a session) sends crafted input to the WSO2 Admin REST API, which is concatenated into SQL statement structure. By observing differential responses, they perform blind SQL injection to infer database contents and can issue queries that degrade the database service's availability. No public exploit code or PoC reference was provided; only a vendor advisory exists.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026

Blind SQL injection in the WSO2 API Manager Admin REST API allows an authenticated administrator to inject insufficiently sanitized input into the structure of executed SQL statements, letting the attacker infer database contents and potentially degrade or take down the database service. Tracked as CVSS 3.1 8.7 High (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H, CWE-89), the flaw affects WSO2 API Manager together with the related WSO2 API management components listed in the CPE data - Traffic Manager, API Control Plane, Universal Gateway and the Carbon API Management Implementation. The high-privilege prerequisite (PR:H) is the dominant limiting factor: exposure is confined to holders of administrator credentials on the Admin REST API, so realistic risk centers on compromised or abused admin accounts and malicious insiders rather than broad remote attack; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

Apply the security update referenced in the WSO2 advisory WSO2-2026-5100 (https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2026-5100/); that advisory is the authoritative source for the exact patched versions and update instructions, and the provided data does not list a fix version, so no specific release number should be assumed. Patch availability is therefore not confirmed from the supplied intelligence alone and must be verified against the advisory. Because exploitation requires administrator privileges on the Admin REST API (PR:H), the most effective compensating measures until the update is applied are to restrict network reachability of the Admin REST API to trusted management hosts and administrative networks - accepting that this breaks remote administration from other locations - and to tighten control and monitoring of administrator credentials, since a compromised or misused admin account is the realistic attack path; rotating admin credentials and reviewing Admin REST API call logs for anomalous administrative activity support early detection. Rate-limiting or temporarily disabling non-essential Admin REST API functionality reduces the attack surface at the cost of losing provisioning and management automation that depends on those endpoints.

Affected VersionsENISA

WSO2 API Manager 4.4.0 <4.4.0.66
WSO2 Traffic Manager 4.6.0 <4.6.0.15
WSO2 API Control Plane 4.6.0 <4.6.0.16
WSO2 API Manager 4.3.0 <4.3.0.102
WSO2 API Manager 4.6.0 <4.6.0.15
WSO2 API Manager 4.0.0 <4.0.0.387
WSO2 Universal Gateway 4.6.0 <4.6.0.15
WSO2 Carbon API Management Implementation 0 <9.33.25
WSO2 Traffic Manager 4.5.0 <4.5.0.50
WSO2 Universal Gateway 4.5.0 <4.5.0.51
WSO2 API Control Plane 4.5.0 <4.5.0.52
WSO2 API Manager 4.1.0 <4.1.0.251
WSO2 API Manager 4.2.0 <4.2.0.191
WSO2 API Manager 4.5.0 <4.5.0.51

Affected Packages

euvd wso2_api_control_plane fix: 4.5.0.52, 4.6.0.16
euvd wso2_api_manager fix: 4.0.0.387, 4.1.0.251, 4.2.0.191, 4.3.0.102, 4.4.0.66, 4.5.0.51, 4.6.0.15
euvd wso2_carbon_api_management_implementation fix: 9.33.25
euvd wso2_traffic_manager fix: 4.5.0.50, 4.6.0.15
euvd wso2_universal_gateway fix: 4.5.0.51, 4.6.0.15

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 5 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

WSO2 API Manager is built on the WSO2 Carbon middleware platform, and the affected component is its administrative REST API - the management-plane interface used by administrators and by the product's own tooling to configure and operate the deployment. The root cause class is CWE-89: user-supplied input reaching the Admin REST API is not adequately sanitized before it is concatenated into the structure of SQL statements rather than being bound as data through parameterized queries, so an attacker who controls that input can alter statement structure. Because the injection is blind, the attacker does not need query output to be reflected - database information is inferred from the application's behavioral responses. The assessed vector's scope change (S:C) reflects that the database runs as a separate security authority from the vulnerable API component, and the C:H/A:H ratings indicate that inferred data disclosure and denial of the database service are the expected outcomes; integrity impact is rated None. The specific vulnerable endpoint or parameter beyond 'the Admin REST API' is not described in the available sources, and no non-default configuration is cited as a prerequisite for exploitation - the only stated precondition is authenticated administrator access (PR:H). The CPE entries for WSO2 API Manager, Traffic Manager, API Control Plane, Universal Gateway and Carbon API Management Implementation carry wildcard versions, so the provided data does not pin down a version range; exact affected releases must be read from the vendor advisory.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WSO2) PRIMARY 8.7 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.7 HIGH

Admin privileges are required by the description so PR:H; network-reachable API with no user interaction (AV:N/UI:N); blind SQLi reaches the backend DB (S:C) allowing data inference (C:H) and availability impact (A:H), no integrity impact stated (I:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WSO2).

CVSS VectorVendor: WSO2

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Nov 02, 2026 - 11:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Nov 02, 2026 - 10:11 cve.org
HIGH 8.7

DescriptionCVE.org

The Admin REST API accepts user-supplied input without adequately sanitizing it, allowing it to be included in the structure of SQL statements.

A user with administrator privileges can exploit this by influencing the structure of executed SQL statements, enabling blind SQL injection to infer database information and potentially impact the availability of the database service.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A high-severity blind SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-2613) affects WSO2 API Manager and its associated components, allowing an authenticated administrator to infer database contents and potentially cause service disruption. While exploitation requires high-privilege credentials, the potential for data leakage and denial-of-service means that organizations using WSO2 API Manager should prioritize remediation, particularly given the reliance on API infrastructure for critical business operations.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Implement strict access controls for Admin REST API (network segmentation, IP allowlisting), enforce MFA for administrators, monitor for unusual database queries or error patterns, and maintain offline backups to mitigate potential data inference or denial-of-service.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
Medium
WSO2 API Manager is common enterprise API-management software, not ubiquitous
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.

CVE-2026-5430 CRITICAL POC
10.0 Aug 06

Authentication bypass in WSO2 API Manager and related components (Universal Gateway, Traffic Manager, API Control Plane,

CVE-2026-2053 CRITICAL
10.0 Jun 26

Server-side request forgery in WSO2 API Manager lets unauthenticated remote attackers coerce the gateway into making ser

CVE-2026-1728 CRITICAL
9.8 Aug 06

Privilege escalation in WSO2 API Manager and related Carbon-based products allows a low-privileged user, using a validly

CVE-2025-15039 CRITICAL
9.4 Aug 06

Authentication bypass in WSO2 Identity Server and multiple WSO2 platform products (API Manager, Open Banking AM/IAM/KM,

CVE-2025-11969 CRITICAL
9.4 Nov 02

Broken access control in WSO2 API Manager's System REST APIs lets a low-privilege authenticated user invoke administrati

CVE-2025-8325 HIGH
8.8 May 11

Missing role-based authorization on WSO2 API Manager's Gateway REST API lets any authenticated user invoke privileged Ga

CVE-2026-4249 HIGH
8.6 Jul 06

Persistent denial of service in multiple WSO2 products - including WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Universal Gateway, WSO2 Traffi

CVE-2025-12737 HIGH
8.4 Sep 03

OS command injection (CWE-78) in WSO2's shared Carbon Console administrative interface allows an authenticated administr

CVE-2025-14260 HIGH
8.3 Oct 28

Server-side request forgery in WSO2 API Manager and related WSO2 products lets a remote attacker direct the server to ar

CVE-2026-3416 HIGH
7.5 Sep 03

Predictable HMAC shared secrets generated by the API Publisher component of WSO2 API Manager allow a sophisticated attac

CVE-2025-8154 HIGH
7.5 May 11

HTTP response header injection in WSO2 API Manager and its companion WSO2 gateway components (Universal Gateway, Traffic

CVE-2024-2374 HIGH
7.5 Apr 16

The XML parsers within multiple WSO2 products accept user-supplied XML data without properly configuring to prevent the

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