Critical Authentication

CVE-2025-9312 — Improper Certificate-Based Authentication Enforcement in Multiple WSO2 Products

A missing authentication enforcement vulnerability exists in the mutual TLS (mTLS) implementation used by System REST APIs and SOAP services in multiple WSO2 products. Due to improper validation of client certificate–based authentication in certain default configurations, the affected components may permit unauthenticated requests even when mTLS is enabled. This condition occurs when relying on the default mTLS settings for System REST APIs or when the mTLS authenticator is enabled for SOAP services, causing these interfaces to accept requests without enforcing additional authentication. Successful exploitation allows a malicious actor with network access to the affected endpoints to gain administrative privileges and perform unauthorized operations. The vulnerability is exploitable only when the impacted mTLS flows are enabled and accessible in a given deployment. Other certificate-based authentication mechanisms such as Mutual TLS OAuth client authentication and X.509 login flows are not affected, and APIs served through the API Gateway of WSO2 API Manager remain unaffected.

Published Nov 18, 2025 · Updated Oct 13, 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 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+2
Technical severity (critical)+10
Automatable exploitation (SSVC)+3

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

0.24%

ahead of 13% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

WSO2

Api Control Plane and 9 more

CVSS base

9.8

Critical · 2 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

Yes

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

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 Identity Server…).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (authentication), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
WSO2	Api Control Plane	version 4.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Api Control Plane	≥ 4.5.0 and < 4.5.0.22	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Api Manager	version 2.2.0version 2.5.0version 2.6.0version 3.0.0version 3.1.0version 3.2.0version 3.2.1version 4.0.0 and 5 more version 4.1.0version 4.2.0version 4.3.0version 4.4.0version 4.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Api Manager	≥ 2.2.0 and < 2.2.0.58≥ 2.5.0 and < 2.5.0.84≥ 2.6.0 and < 2.6.0.145≥ 3.0.0 and < 3.0.0.175≥ 3.1.0 and < 3.1.0.339≥ 3.2.0 and < 3.2.0.439≥ 3.2.1 and < 3.2.1.59≥ 4.0.0 and < 4.0.0.359 and 5 more ≥ 4.1.0 and < 4.1.0.222≥ 4.2.0 and < 4.2.0.161≥ 4.3.0 and < 4.3.0.73≥ 4.4.0 and < 4.4.0.37≥ 4.5.0 and < 4.5.0.21	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Identity Server	version 5.2.0version 5.3.0version 5.4.0version 5.4.1version 5.5.0version 5.6.0version 5.7.0version 5.8.0 and 8 more version 5.9.0version 5.10.0version 5.11.0version 6.0.0version 6.1.0version 7.0.0version 7.1.0version 7.2.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Identity Server	≥ 5.2.0 and < 5.2.0.33≥ 5.3.0 and < 5.3.0.34≥ 5.4.0 and < 5.4.0.33≥ 5.4.1 and < 5.4.1.37≥ 5.5.0 and < 5.5.0.51≥ 5.6.0 and < 5.6.0.59≥ 5.7.0 and < 5.7.0.125≥ 5.8.0 and < 5.8.0.109 and 7 more ≥ 5.9.0 and < 5.9.0.168≥ 5.10.0 and < 5.10.0.368≥ 5.11.0 and < 5.11.0.411≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.0.243≥ 6.1.0 and < 6.1.0.241≥ 7.0.0 and < 7.0.0.116≥ 7.1.0 and < 7.1.0.23	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Identity Server As Key Manager	version 5.3.0version 5.5.0version 5.6.0version 5.7.0version 5.9.0version 5.10.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Identity Server As Key Manager	≥ 5.3.0 and < 5.3.0.39≥ 5.5.0 and < 5.5.0.52≥ 5.6.0 and < 5.6.0.74≥ 5.7.0 and < 5.7.0.124≥ 5.9.0 and < 5.9.0.175≥ 5.10.0 and < 5.10.0.358	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Open Banking Am	version 1.4.0version 1.5.0version 2.0.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Open Banking Am	≥ 1.4.0 and < 1.4.0.138≥ 1.5.0 and < 1.5.0.139≥ 2.0.0 and < 2.0.0.388	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Open Banking Iam	version 2.0.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Open Banking Iam	≥ 2.0.0 and < 2.0.0.408	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Open Banking Km	version 1.4.0version 1.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Open Banking Km	≥ 1.4.0 and < 1.4.0.132≥ 1.5.0 and < 1.5.0.122	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Org.wso2.carbon.identity.auth.service	≥ 1.1.1 and < 1.1.1.2≥ 1.1.16 and < 1.1.16.3≥ 1.1.18 and < 1.1.18.4≥ 1.1.20 and < 1.1.20.5≥ 1.1.26 and < 1.1.26.7≥ 1.3.6 and < 1.3.6.8≥ 1.4.0 and < 1.4.0.18≥ 1.4.25 and < 1.4.25.24 and 7 more ≥ 1.4.52 and < 1.4.52.4≥ 1.6.1 and < 1.6.1.11≥ 1.7.1 and < 1.7.1.4≥ 1.8.11 and < 1.8.11.6≥ 1.8.41 and < 1.8.41.2≥ 1.9.4 and < 1.9.4.4≥ 1.9.18 and < 1.9.18.2	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Traffic Manager	version 4.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Traffic Manager	≥ 4.5.0 and < 4.5.0.20	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
WSO2	Universal Gateway	version 4.5.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
WSO2	Universal Gateway	≥ 4.5.0 and < 4.5.0.20	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

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

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

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
9.8	CVSS 3.1	Critical	3.9	5.9	ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8 via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.8	CVSS 3.1	Critical	—	—	WSO2 via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.24%

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).
Review authentication logs: logins without MFA, anomalous sessions and recently created accounts.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSauthentication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · wso2/wso2 api manager, wso2/wso2 api control plane, wso2/wso2 traffic manager, wso2/wso2 universal gateway, wso2/wso2 id
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 9.8
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
2025
CVE published
Nov 18, 2025 · WSO2

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 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

Authentication
same class

CWE-306
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2024-8122 Potential brute force vulnerability due to non-expiring SMS OTPs 7d
Low CVE-2025-13166 Username Enumeration via SMS OTP Flow in WSO2 Identity Server Allows User Account Discovery Sep 15, 2026
High CVE-2025-12737 OS Command Injection in WSO2 Api Control Plane Sep 3, 2026
High CVE-2026-3416 Use of Insufficiently Random Values in WSO2 Api Control Plane Sep 3, 2026
High CVE-2026-3415 XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via Schema Validation in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows File Reading and Denial of Service Aug 6, 2026
Critical CVE-2026-3418 Arbitrary File Upload via System REST API in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Remote Code Execution Aug 6, 2026

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-2025-9312 is "Improper Certificate-Based Authentication Enforcement in Multiple WSO2 Products", rated Critical. 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 9.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.24% 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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