CVE-2024-6541 Information Disclosure and Integrity Violation via Improper Message Context Handling in Multiple WSO2 Products

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Authenticated users can access or modify isolated system data due to improper validation of message context properties in WSO2 products.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-6541?

CVE-2024-6541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WSO2 API Manager, published on 6 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Class Mediator fails to correctly validate or sanitize `messageContext` properties when they are used to populate dynamic values. This allows authenticated users to potentially access or modify data across different system invocations that should be isolated.

This weakness can lead to the disclosure of sensitive information belonging to other users or the unintended modification of system data by authenticated users. The exact impact depends on how `messageContext` properties are utilized within the affected WSO2 products.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6541?

How do I fix CVE-2024-6541?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6541 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-6541 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6541 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2j5w-hpqv-q7rj.

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