{"id":45432,"date":"2025-05-29T16:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:18:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-04T06:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T12:14:00","slug":"cve-2024-6914-critical-authorization-vulnerability-in-wso2-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-6914-critical-authorization-vulnerability-in-wso2-products\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-6914: Critical Authorization Vulnerability in WSO2 Products<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-6914, that affects multiple WSO2 products. WSO2 is a popular open-source technology provider known for its integration, API management, and customer identity and access management solutions. This vulnerability arises from an incorrect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20032-intel-r-proset-wireless-wifi-software-vulnerability-could-enable-denial-of-service-attack\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51114\">authorization<\/a> flaw in the account recovery-related SOAP admin service, which, if exploited, allows a malicious actor to reset the password of any user account, leading to a total account takeover. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4759-incorrect-behavior-order-in-lockfile-lint-api-package-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51172\">potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage presents significant risk to businesses and organizations relying on WSO2 products for their critical operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-6914<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48187-ragflow-account-takeover-due-to-brute-force-attack-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51208\">account takeover<\/a>, potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3677981612\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>WSO2 API Manager | All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48481-critical-vulnerability-in-freescout-prior-to-version-1-8-180\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57189\">versions prior<\/a> to 3.2.0<br \/>\nWSO2 Identity Server | All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48477-critical-vulnerability-in-freescout-prior-to-version-1-8-180\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57820\">versions prior<\/a> to 5.11.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47945-critical-vulnerability-in-donetick-task-management-application-allows-full-account-takeover\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51693\">vulnerability exists due to an incorrect authorization in the account<\/a> recovery-related SOAP admin service. This service is exposed via the &#8220;\/services&#8221; context <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47535-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-wpopal-opal-woo-custom-product-variation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55486\">path in the affected WSO2 products<\/a>. A malicious actor can exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36560-critical-server-side-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-a-blog-cms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51673\">vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request<\/a> to the &#8220;\/services&#8221; endpoint to reset the password of any user account. The major concern is that this exploit could lead to the takeover of accounts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-42933-a-critical-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-macos-sonoma-14\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51620\">elevated privileges<\/a>, effectively granting the attacker control over the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2442913316\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4827-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51029\">HTTP request to the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/services\/RecoveryAdminService HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: text\/xml\n&lt;soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=&quot;http:\/\/schemas.xmlsoap.org\/soap\/envelope\/&quot;\nxmlns:rec=&quot;http:\/\/recovery.mgt.identity.carbon.wso2.org&quot;&gt;\n&lt;soapenv:Header\/&gt;\n&lt;soapenv:Body&gt;\n&lt;rec:verifyUser&gt;\n&lt;rec:userName&gt;admin&lt;\/rec:userName&gt;\n&lt;\/rec:verifyUser&gt;\n&lt;\/soapenv:Body&gt;\n&lt;\/soapenv:Envelope&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the attacker tries to reset the password of the &#8216;admin&#8217; user by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/global-honeypot-creation-exploits-cisco-flaw-unmasking-the-vicioustrap-attack\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51028\">exploiting the flawed<\/a> RecoveryAdminService.<br \/>\nPlease note that this example is purely conceptual and may not accurately represent a real exploit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, WSO2 has provided patches for affected versions. It is highly recommended to apply these patches immediately to eliminate the identified risk. In the interim, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as temporary mitigation. Additionally, access to the &#8220;\/services&#8221; context path should be restricted based on the &#8220;Security Guidelines for Production Deployment&#8221; by disabling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40804-unauthenticated-network-share-exposure-in-simatic-virtualization-as-a-service-sivaas\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88854\">exposure to untrusted networks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-6914, that affects multiple WSO2 products. WSO2 is a popular open-source technology provider known for its integration, API management, and customer identity and access management solutions. This vulnerability arises from an incorrect authorization flaw in the account recovery-related SOAP admin service, which, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-45432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45432"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81664,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45432\/revisions\/81664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45432"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=45432"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=45432"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=45432"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=45432"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=45432"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=45432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}