# CVE-2024-6914: Incorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products via Account Recovery SOAP Admin Service Leading to Account Takeover

> Attackers can reset any user's password via an insecure SOAP admin service, leading to full account takeover including privileged accounts.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hqgr-xf2j-75r5

## What is CVE-2024-6914?

CVE-2024-6914 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 22 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An incorrect authorization vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products due to a business logic flaw in the account recovery-related SOAP admin service. A malicious actor can exploit this vulnerability to reset the password of any user account, leading to a complete account takeover, including accounts with elevated privileges.

This vulnerability is exploitable only through the account recovery SOAP admin services exposed via the "/services" context path in affected products. The impact may be reduced if access to these endpoints has been restricted based on the "Security Guidelines for Production Deployment" by disabling exposure to untrusted networks.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6914?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Wso2 Api Manager, Wso2 Identity Server, Wso2 Identity Server as Key Manager, Wso2 Open Banking Am, Wso2 Open Banking Iam, Wso2 Open Banking Km.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6914?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6914 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wso2 Api Manager

- [CVE-2022-29464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29464/): WSO2 Multiple Products Unrestrictive Upload of File (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-13226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13226/): WSO2 API Manager vulnerable to SSRF (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2905/): An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Multiple WSO2 Products (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-42646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42646/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-24589](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24589/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6914 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6914 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 22 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wso2 Api Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6914/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6914/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6914
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6914
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6914

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6914/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.