CVE-2024-6914
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to reset any user's password via a flawed SOAP admin service in WSO2 products, leading to complete account takeover including privileged accounts. It affects WSO2 products with exposed account recovery SOAP services. Organizations using affected WSO2 products with these services accessible are at risk.
💻 Affected Systems
- WSO2 API Manager
- WSO2 Identity Server
- WSO2 Enterprise Integrator
- WSO2 Micro Integrator
- WSO2 Streaming Integrator
- WSO2 Micro Gateway
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of all user accounts including administrative accounts, leading to full system control, data exfiltration, and potential lateral movement.
Likely Case
Targeted account takeover of specific users, potentially including administrators, leading to unauthorized access and privilege escalation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if SOAP admin services are properly restricted to trusted networks as per WSO2 security guidelines.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires network access to vulnerable SOAP endpoints but no authentication. Attack complexity is low once access is obtained.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Apply security patch WSO2-2024-3561
Vendor Advisory: https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2024/WSO2-2024-3561/
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download security patch WSO2-2024-3561 from WSO2. 2. Apply patch to affected WSO2 products. 3. Restart all WSO2 services. 4. Verify patch application.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict SOAP Admin Services
linuxBlock access to account recovery SOAP admin services via network controls
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 9443 -s !TRUSTED_NETWORK -j DROP
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="!TRUSTED_NETWORK" port port="9443" protocol="tcp" reject'
Disable SOAP Admin Service Exposure
allConfigure WSO2 to not expose SOAP admin services to untrusted networks
Modify carbon.xml to restrict service exposure
Update axis2.xml to limit service access
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately restrict network access to /services context path to trusted IPs only
- Implement additional authentication/authorization controls for SOAP admin services
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if WSO2 product version is between 4.0.0 and 4.2.0 and if /services endpoint is accessibleCheck Version:
Check WSO2 product documentation for version check command specific to your installationVerify Fix Applied:
Verify patch WSO2-2024-3561 is applied and test password reset functionality is properly authorized📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SOAP requests to account recovery services
- Multiple password reset attempts from single source
- Successful password resets for privileged accounts
Network Indicators:
- SOAP requests to /services/AccountRecoveryAdminService from untrusted sources
- Unusual traffic patterns to WSO2 admin ports
SIEM Query:
source="wso2-logs" AND (uri_path="/services/AccountRecoveryAdminService" OR message="password reset")