CVE-2025-12737 Arbitrary Code Execution via Administrative Operations in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Remote Code Execution
Administrators can execute arbitrary code remotely via Carbon Console due to insufficient input validation, leading to full system compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12737?
CVE-2025-12737 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 3 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The administrative operations within the Carbon Console do not adequately validate specific user-supplied input. This oversight allows a malicious actor with administrative privileges to inject and execute arbitrary code remotely.
Successful exploitation enables a threat actor with administrative privileges and Carbon Console access to execute remote arbitrary code through specific administrative operations, leading to a complete compromise of the affected system.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12737?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Wso2 Api Control Plane, Wso2 Api Manager, Wso2 Identity Server, Wso2 Identity Server as Key Manager, Wso2 Open Banking Am, Wso2 Open Banking Iam and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-12737?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12737 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-12737 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12737 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wso2 Api Manager
- CVE-2026-5430 WSO2 Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-1728 Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover
- CVE-2025-9312 Improper Certificate-Based Authentication Enforcement in Multiple WSO2 Products
- CVE-2025-10611 Potential Broken Access Control in Multiple WSO2 Products via System REST APIs
- CVE-2025-9152 Improper Privilege Management in Multiple WSO2 API Manager via keymanager-operations DCR Endpoint
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h2f7-75mh-c4rv.