01 Record
CVE-2026-1728
Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: WSO2
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-10.
- 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
- 2026-08-06 07:33Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-06 12:31Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-31
- Assigning CNA
- WSO2
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 502cf8153d14b82704f61590b977fb831c53b507e6b62afe5846a2bd089e5665
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
WSO2WSO2 API Manager4.0.0 to < 4.0.0.384, 4.1.0 to < 4.1.0.248, 4.2.0 to < 4.2.0.188, 4.3.0 to < 4.3.0.99, 4.4.0 to < 4.4.0.63, 4.5.0 to < 4.5.0.48, 4.6.0 to < 4.6.0.12—
WSO2WSO2 Carbon API Manager Rest API Common Functions9.0.174 to < 9.0.174.550, 9.28.116 to < 9.28.116.404, 9.29.120 to < 9.29.120.221, 9.30.67 to < 9.30.67.146, 9.31.86 to < 9.31.86.130, 9.32.147 to < 9.32.147.26—
06 References
07 Remediation
Follow the instructions given on https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2026-5077/#solution