# CVE-2025-9152: Improper Privilege Management in Multiple WSO2 API Manager via keymanager-operations DCR Endpoint

> Attackers can bypass authentication on the DCR endpoint to generate privileged access tokens, gaining administrative control over WSO2 API Manager.

- **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:** 16 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5w6w-g3g3-9qjv

## What is CVE-2025-9152?

CVE-2025-9152 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 16 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An improper privilege management vulnerability exists in WSO2 API Manager due to missing authentication and authorization checks in the keymanager-operations Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) endpoint.

A malicious user can exploit this flaw to generate access tokens with elevated privileges, potentially leading to administrative access and the ability to perform unauthorized operations.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9152?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Wso2 Api Control Plane, Wso2 Api Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-9152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9152 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wso2 Api Manager

- [CVE-2026-5430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5430/): WSO2 Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-1728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1728/): Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-9312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9312/): Improper Certificate-Based Authentication Enforcement in Multiple WSO2 Products (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-10611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10611/): Potential Broken Access Control in Multiple WSO2 Products via System REST APIs (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-9804](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9804/): Improper Access Control in Multiple WSO2 Products via Internal SOAP Admin Services and System REST APIs (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9152 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 16 Oct 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-2025-9152 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-2025-9152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9152/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9152

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9152/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.