9.8

CVE-2025-9152: wso2 api_control_plane

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
Published 16-10-2025Last modified 17-10-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-9152 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in wso2 api_control_plane. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability exists in WSO2 API Manager due to missing authentication and authorization checks in the keymanager-operations Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) endpoint. A malicious user can exploit this flaw to generate access tokens with elevated privileges, potentially leading to administrative access and the ability to perform unauthorized operations.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.71% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wso24 products
  • api_control_plane4.5.0
  • api_manager3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 4.0.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.2.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.4.0 | 4.5.0
  • wso2 api control plane≥ 4.5.0, < 4.5.0.20
  • wso2 api manager≥ 3.2.0, < 3.2.0.437 | ≥ 3.2.1, < 3.2.1.57 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.0.357 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.0.221 | ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.0.159 | ≥ 4.3.0, < 4.3.0.72 | ≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.0.35 | ≥ 4.5.0, < 4.5.0.19

1 vendor · 4 products

References

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