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CVE-2026-1728

Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover

Published: Aug 6, 2026Updated: Aug 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-269
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Tokens issued to a low-privileged user are not sufficiently restricted, allowing them to be used to access product-level Admin REST APIs. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to invoke the Admin REST APIs of WSO2 products, potentially leading to full administrative account takeover. This requires the attacker to already possess a low-privileged user account and be able to obtain a valid token for it.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

WSO2
commercial·IN
WSO2 API ManagerOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway
WSO2 API Control PlaneOn-premWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway
WSO2 Universal GatewayOn-premSecurity Product
Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn
WSO2 Traffic ManagerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
WSO2 Carbon API Manager Rest API Common FunctionsOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway
WSO2 Carbon API Manager Rest API UtilityOn-premWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2026-5077/
security.docs.wso2.com

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