VulnerabilityPublished 16 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-9955: WSO2 Enterprise Integrator · Incorrect Authorization

Affects WSO2 Enterprise IntegratorSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.7 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.7Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Adjacent
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Adjacent: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack, but the attack is limited at the protocol level to a logically adjacent topology. This can mean an attack must be launched from the same shared physical (e.g., Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11) or logical (e.g., local IP subnet) network, or from within a secure or otherwise limited administrative domain (e.g., MPLS, secure VPN to an administrative network zone).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
WSO2 WSO2 Enterprise Integrator	Affected 6.0.0 – 6.6.0 8 affected builds	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Apply the latest security patches or updates from WSO2 as soon as they become available to address this vulnerability.
Restrict network access to the internal SOAP admin services by implementing strict firewall rules, network segmentation, and access control lists to limit exposure only to trusted administrators.
Enforce strong authentication and authorization policies for accessing administrative interfaces, ensuring that only authorized personnel with appropriate privileges can reach these services.
Monitor and audit access logs for unusual or unauthorized attempts to access SOAP admin endpoints, enabling early detection of potential exploitation attempts.
Consider deploying Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or API gateways with rules to detect and block suspicious SOAP requests targeting admin services.
Conduct regular security assessments and penetration tests focusing on internal service access controls to identify and remediate similar issues proactively.
Educate internal users and administrators about the risks of privilege misuse and the importance of safeguarding administrative credentials and access paths.
If patching is delayed, implement compensating controls such as disabling or restricting the vulnerable SOAP admin services where feasible without impacting business operations.

Description

An improper access control vulnerability exists in WSO2 Enterprise Integrator product due to insufficient permission restrictions on internal SOAP admin services related to system logs and user-store configuration. A low-privileged user can access log data and user-store configuration details that are not intended to be exposed at that privilege level. While no credentials or sensitive user information are exposed, this vulnerability may allow unauthorized visibility into internal operational details, which could aid in further exploitation or reconnaissance.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a risk primarily in terms of confidentiality and operational security. Exposure of system logs and user-store configuration can reveal internal architecture, error messages, user management details, and potentially sensitive operational metadata. Attackers can use this information to map the environment, identify further vulnerabilities, or craft targeted attacks such as privilege escalation or lateral movement. Although no direct compromise of user credentials or data integrity is indicated, the reconnaissance advantage can increase the likelihood and sophistication of subsequent attacks. Organizations in sectors with stringent data protection requirements (e.g., finance, healthcare, government) may face compliance risks if such internal information exposure leads to broader breaches. The vulnerability's medium severity and requirement for low privileges mean that insider threats or attackers who have gained limited access could exploit it to deepen their foothold. The absence of known exploits reduces immediate risk but does not eliminate the need for proactive mitigation, especially given the critical integration role of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator in many European enterprises.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #17OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2025/WSO2-2025-4526/ (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 16 Oct 2025, 12:44 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-863

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