9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2025-2905
WSO2 API Manager XXE File Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the gateway component of WSO2 API Manager due to insufficient validation of XML input in crafted URL paths. User-supplied XML is parsed without appropriate restrictions, enabling external entity resolution. This vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to read files from the server’s filesystem or perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. * On systems running JDK 7 or early JDK 8, full file contents may be exposed. * On later versions of JDK 8 and newer, only the first line of a file may be read, due to improvements in XML parser behavior. * DoS attacks such as "Billion Laughs" payloads can cause service disruption.

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Published Date :

May 5, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

May 5, 2025, 8:54 p.m.

Source :

ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-2905.

URL Resource
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2025/WSO2-2025-3993/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-2905 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Daily CyberSecurity
CVE-2025-2905 (CVSS 9.1): Critical XXE Vulnerability Found in WSO2 API Manager

A critical security vulnerability has been identified in WSO2 API Manager 2.0.0 and earlier, posing a significant risk to affected deployments. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2905 (CVSS 9.1), ... Read more

Published Date: May 06, 2025 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
CVE-2025-2605 (CVSS 9.9): Critical Vulnerability Found in Honeywell MB-Secure Alarm Panels

Honeywell has issued an urgent security notice (SN 2025-05-01-01) disclosing a critical vulnerability in its MB-Secure and MB-Secure PRO alarm control panels, used in physical security infrastructure ... Read more

Published Date: May 06, 2025 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-2905 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8

    May. 05, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag unsupported-when-assigned
    Added Description An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the gateway component of WSO2 API Manager due to insufficient validation of XML input in crafted URL paths. User-supplied XML is parsed without appropriate restrictions, enabling external entity resolution. This vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to read files from the server’s filesystem or perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. * On systems running JDK 7 or early JDK 8, full file contents may be exposed. * On later versions of JDK 8 and newer, only the first line of a file may be read, due to improvements in XML parser behavior. * DoS attacks such as "Billion Laughs" payloads can cause service disruption.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-611
    Added Reference https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2025/WSO2-2025-3993/
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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