CVE-2025-5717 Authenticated Remote Code Execution in Multiple WSO2 Products via Event Processor Admin Service
Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary code on WSO2 servers by deploying malicious Siddhi execution plans via the event processor admin service.
- 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-2025-5717?
CVE-2025-5717 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 23 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An authenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products due to improper input validation in the event processor admin service. A user with administrative access to the SOAP admin services can exploit this flaw by deploying a Siddhi execution plan containing malicious Java code, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the server.
Exploitation of this vulnerability requires a valid user account with administrative privileges, limiting the attack surface to authenticated but potentially malicious users.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5717?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Wso2 Api Control Plane, Wso2 Api Manager, Wso2 Open Banking Am, Wso2 Traffic Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5717?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-5717 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5717 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-2h9p-q5rr-fvrp.