CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2024-3511 — Wso2 Api Manager security vulnerability
An incorrect authorization vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products that allows unauthorized access to versioned files stored in the registry. Due to flawed authorization logic, a malicious actor with access to the management console can exploit a specific bypass method to retrieve versioned files without proper authorization. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of configuration or resource files that may be stored as registry versions, potentially aiding further attacks or system reconnaissance.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.1)
- Published
- 2025-06-23
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Affected products
- wso2 / api_manager / 3.2.0
- wso2 / api_manager / 3.2.1
- wso2 / api_manager / 4.0.0
- wso2 / api_manager / 4.1.0
- wso2 / api_manager / 4.2.0
- wso2 / api_manager / 4.3.0
Matched remediation archetype
Authorization bypass, IDOR, and cross-tenant access
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Check exposure
- Map object and action authorization checks across API, UI, batch, import/export, and background-job paths.
- Identify tenant, ownership, role, and policy boundaries for affected resources and administrative operations.
- Use synthetic fixtures to compare intended access matrices without accessing another user's real data.
Remediate safely
- Enforce server-side authorization at each resource access and state transition using the authenticated principal and trusted tenant context.
- Scope data queries by tenant and ownership; treat client-supplied identifiers, roles, and policy claims as untrusted.
- Add deny-by-default policy tests for horizontal and vertical access across every affected transport.
Authoritative sources
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