01 Record
CVE-2023-6837
Incorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products via Federated Authentication with JIT Provisioning Leading to User Impersonation
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: WSO2
CNA base score8.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Incorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products via Federated Authentication with JIT Provisioning Leading to User Impersonation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-12-15 09:41Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-09-25 14:59Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- WSO2
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 64f3864362b581794adf9cd7628b1830f6726e7b904d01e0520ba6972deadff3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
WSO2WSO2 API Manager2.5.0 to < 2.5.0.32, 2.6.0 to < 2.6.0.52, 3.0.0 to < 3.0.0.50, 3.1.0 to < 3.1.0.72, 3.2.0 to < 3.2.0.86, 4.0.0 to < 4.0.0.35—
WSO2WSO2 Identity Server5.6.0 to < 5.6.0.16, 5.7.0 to < 5.7.0.35, 5.8.0 to < 5.8.0.26, 5.9.0 to < 5.9.0.38, 5.10.0 to < 5.10.0.78, 5.11.0 to < 5.11.0.69—
WSO2WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager5.6.0 to < 5.6.0.17, 5.7.0 to < 5.7.0.39, 5.9.0 to < 5.9.0.45, 5.10.0 to < 5.10.0.80—
WSO2WSO2 Carbon Identity Application Authentication Framework5.11.256 to < 5.11.256.3, 5.12.153 to < 5.12.153.21, 5.12.387 to < 5.12.387.7, 5.14.97 to < 5.14.97.22, 5.17.5 to < 5.17.5.106, 5.18.187 to < 5.18.187.76—
06 References
07 Remediation
Follow the instructions given on https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2022/WSO2-2021-1... https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2022/WSO2-2021-1573/#solution