CVE-2026-1728

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_control_plane::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_control_plane::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager::::::::

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:traffic_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:traffic_manager::::::::

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:universal_gateway::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wso2:universal_gateway::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-06 08:16

Updated : 2026-08-10 12:32

NVD link : CVE-2026-1728

Mitre link : CVE-2026-1728

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-1728

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wso2

api_control_plane
traffic_manager
api_manager
universal_gateway

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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