CVE-2025-8154 HTTP Header Injection via Webhook API in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Response Header Manipulation

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can inject arbitrary HTTP response headers via the Webhook API, enabling session hijacking and security header manipulation in WSO2 products.

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

What is CVE-2025-8154?

CVE-2025-8154 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 11 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Webhook API invocations, the component accepts user-supplied input for HTTP request headers without sufficient validation or sanitization, allowing these headers to be injected into HTTP responses.

By exploiting this vulnerability, a malicious actor can inject or overwrite arbitrary HTTP response headers. This can lead to various adverse effects, including the manipulation of browser caching, alteration of security-related headers, and the injection of sensitive information such as cookie values, potentially enabling session hijacking or other malicious activities.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8154?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Wso2 Api Control Plane, Wso2 Api Manager, Wso2 Traffic Manager, Wso2 Universal Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8154?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8154 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-8154 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8154 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wso2 Api Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j72f-vgmh-c8hr.

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