High Injection

CVE-2025-5717 — Authenticated Remote Code Execution in Multiple WSO2 Products via Event Processor Admin Service

An authenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products due to improper input validation in the event processor admin service. A user with administrative access to the SOAP admin services can exploit this flaw by deploying a Siddhi execution plan containing malicious Java code, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the server. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires a valid user account with administrative privileges, limiting the attack surface to authenticated but potentially malicious users.

Published Sep 23, 2025 · Updated Oct 18, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: WSO2

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.7% (30-day exploitation probability)+8
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.69%

ahead of 52% of scored CVEs · Oct 20, 2026

Affects

WSO2

Api Control Plane and 4 more

CVSS base

7.2

High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (WSO2 Api Control Plane, WSO2 Api Manager, WSO2 Open Banking Am…).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
WSO2	Api Control Plane	≥ 4.5.0 and < 4.5.0.6	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Api Control Plane	version 4.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Api Manager	≥ 4.0.0 and < 4.0.0.344≥ 4.5.0 and < 4.5.0.6≥ 4.4.0 and < 4.4.0.22≥ 4.3.0 and < 4.3.0.59≥ 4.2.0 and < 4.2.0.147≥ 4.1.0 and < 4.1.0.208≥ 3.2.1 and < 3.2.1.46≥ 3.2.0 and < 3.2.0.426 and 2 more ≥ 3.1.0 and < 3.1.0.330≥ 3.0.0 and < 3.0.0.174	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Api Manager	version 4.4.0version 4.3.0version 4.2.0version 4.1.0version 4.0.0version 3.2.1version 3.2.0version 3.1.0 and 2 more version 3.0.0version 4.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Open Banking Am	version 2.0.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Open Banking Am	≥ 2.0.0 and < 2.0.0.379	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Siddhi Extension Evaluate Scripts	≥ 3.2.14 and < 3.2.14.1≥ 3.2.13 and < 3.2.13.2≥ 3.2.10 and < 3.2.10.1≥ 3.2.8 and < 3.2.8.3≥ 3.2.7 and < 3.2.7.6≥ 3.2.6 and < 3.2.6.8	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Traffic Manager	≥ 4.5.0 and < 4.5.0.6	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Traffic Manager	version 4.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

High

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
7.2	CVSS 3.1	High	1.2	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
6.8	CVSS 3.1	Medium	0.9	5.9	ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8 via NIST National Vulnerability Database
6.8	CVSS 3.1	Medium	—	—	WSO2 via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Scoring entities (NIST, CNA, ADP) score independently; each score is shown with its origin. For prioritization we use 7.2 (NVD (NIST)) as a conservative provisional reference — not a definitive official score.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-94 · Code Injection

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 18, 2026 → Oct 20, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 0.69%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSapplication logsendpoint telemetry (EDR)

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · wso2/wso2 api manager, wso2/wso2 open banking am, wso2/wso2 traffic manager, wso2/wso2 api control plane, wso2/siddhi ex
Oct 18, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 18, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 18, 2026
CVSS changed · 7.2
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
2025
CVE published
Sep 23, 2025 · WSO2

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 18, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026

References

1 on the record

security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2025/WSO2-2025-4
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

WSO2
every CVE for this vendor

Injection
same class

CWE-94
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2024-2323 Password Brute Force via Password History Validation in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows User Account Discovery 1d
Medium CVE-2025-7203 Sensitive Information Disclosure via Management Console and Product Files in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Retrieval of Credentials 1d
Medium CVE-2025-7043 Refresh Token Misuse via Validation Flaw in Multiple WSO2 Products Enables Unauthorized Resource Consumption 1d
Medium CVE-2025-13173 Improper Token Revocation via Session-Bound Token Flow in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Unauthorized Access After Session Termination 1d
Medium CVE-2025-6623 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via XML Input in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows UI Manipulation and Redirection 1d
Low CVE-2024-4412 Expression Language Injection via User Input in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Arbitrary Operations 1d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-5717 is "Authenticated Remote Code Execution in Multiple WSO2 Products via Event Processor Admin Service", rated High. It affects Api Control Plane (WSO2); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.2 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.69% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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