CVE-2025-8325: WSO2 API Control Plane

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The software fails to enforce role-based access controls for certain Gateway API invocations. Users with the 'Internal/Everyone' role can invoke these APIs, bypassing intended permission checks. This same vulnerability also affects Internal Service APIs, potentially exposing them in WSO2 APIM 3.x versions. A malicious actor with a valid user account on a vulnerable deployment can perform sensitive operations against the Gateway REST API regardless of their actual roles or privileges. This could lead to unintended behavior or misuse, particularly in production environments.

Affected products

• WSO2 API Control Plane: from 4.5.0, before 4.5.0.18 (fixed in 4.5.0.18)
• WSO2 API Manager: from 3.2.0, before 3.2.0.435 (fixed in 3.2.0.435); from 3.2.1, before 3.2.1.55 (fixed in 3.2.1.55); from 4.0.0, before 4.0.0.355 (fixed in 4.0.0.355); from 4.1.0, before 4.1.0.219 (fixed in 4.1.0.219); from 4.2.0, before 4.2.0.157 (fixed in 4.2.0.157); from 4.3.0, before 4.3.0.70 (fixed in 4.3.0.70); …
• WSO2 Traffic Manager: from 4.5.0, before 4.5.0.17 (fixed in 4.5.0.17)
• WSO2 Universal Gateway: from 4.5.0, before 4.5.0.17 (fixed in 4.5.0.17)

Published 2026-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.