--- id: CVE-2025-11969 title: >- Broken Access Control via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Unauthorized Administrative Actions summary: >- The System REST APIs do not correctly enforce access control mechanisms, allowing users with lower privilege roles to execute administrative actions that should be restricted. This weakness permits unauthorized operations on the affected… severity: critical cvss: 9.4 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L' cvssSource: cna cwe: - CWE-285 vendor: WSO2 product: WSO2 API Manager affected: - api_manager >= 3.1.0 < 3.1.0.347 - api_manager >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.0.450 - api_manager >= 3.2.1 < 3.2.1.70 - api_manager >= 4.0.0 < 4.0.0.370 - api_manager >= 4.1.0 < 4.1.0.233 - api_manager >= 4.2.0 < 4.2.0.173 - api_manager >= 4.3.0 < 4.3.0.85 - api_manager >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.0.49 - api_manager >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.32 - identity_server_as_key_manager >= 5.10.0 < 5.10.0.367 - open_banking_am >= 2.0.0 < 2.0.0.396 - open_banking_iam >= 2.0.0 < 2.0.0.416 - api_control_plane >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.33 - universal_gateway >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.31 - traffic_manager >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.31 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.6.163 < 6.6.163.159 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.6.163 < 6.6.163.160 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.206 < 6.7.206.574 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.206 < 6.7.206.576 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.210 < 6.7.210.69 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.210 < 6.7.210.71 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.0.174 < 9.0.174.536 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.20.74 < 9.20.74.384 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.20.74 < 9.20.74.385 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.28.116 < 9.28.116.380 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.29.120 < 9.29.120.202 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.30.67 < 9.30.67.125 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.31.86 < 9.31.86.90 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.0.174 < 9.0.174.538 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.20.74 < 9.20.74.385 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.28.116 < 9.28.116.382 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.29.120 < 9.29.120.204 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.30.67 < 9.30.67.126 - >- org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.31.86 < 9.31.86.91 ssvc: exploitation: none automatable: 'yes' technicalImpact: total timestamp: '2026-11-02T19:41:02.813424Z' published: '2026-11-02' updated: '2026-11-02' sourceUpdated: '2026-11-02T19:41:15.316Z' source: CVEORG sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11969' references: - url: >- https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2025-4733/ tags: - cve.org epss: 0.00323 epssPercentile: 0.25509 ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T19:30:42.806Z' --- ## Overview The System REST APIs do not correctly enforce access control mechanisms, allowing users with lower privilege roles to execute administrative actions that should be restricted. This weakness permits unauthorized operations on the affected product. Successful exploitation could enable a malicious actor to perform unauthorized administrative operations, including executing administrative functions. APIs exposed through the WSO2 API Manager's API Gateway are not affected by this vulnerability. ## Affected - `api_manager >= 3.1.0 < 3.1.0.347` - `api_manager >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.0.450` - `api_manager >= 3.2.1 < 3.2.1.70` - `api_manager >= 4.0.0 < 4.0.0.370` - `api_manager >= 4.1.0 < 4.1.0.233` - `api_manager >= 4.2.0 < 4.2.0.173` - `api_manager >= 4.3.0 < 4.3.0.85` - `api_manager >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.0.49` - `api_manager >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.32` - `identity_server_as_key_manager >= 5.10.0 < 5.10.0.367` - `open_banking_am >= 2.0.0 < 2.0.0.396` - `open_banking_iam >= 2.0.0 < 2.0.0.416` - `api_control_plane >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.33` - `universal_gateway >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.31` - `traffic_manager >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.0.31` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.6.163 < 6.6.163.159` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.6.163 < 6.6.163.160` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.206 < 6.7.206.574` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.206 < 6.7.206.576` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.210 < 6.7.210.69` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 6.7.210 < 6.7.210.71` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.0.174 < 9.0.174.536` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.20.74 < 9.20.74.384` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.20.74 < 9.20.74.385` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.28.116 < 9.28.116.380` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.29.120 < 9.29.120.202` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.30.67 < 9.30.67.125` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.util >= 9.31.86 < 9.31.86.90` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.0.174 < 9.0.174.538` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.20.74 < 9.20.74.385` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.28.116 < 9.28.116.382` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.29.120 < 9.29.120.204` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.30.67 < 9.30.67.126` - `org.wso2.carbon.apimgt:org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.common >= 9.31.86 < 9.31.86.91` ## Remediation Follow the instructions given on https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2025-4733/#solution