CVE-2024-2374

Published Apr 16, 2026

Last updated 9 hours ago

CVSS high 7.5

Overview

Description
The XML parsers within multiple WSO2 products accept user-supplied XML data without properly configuring to prevent the resolution of external entities. This omission allows malicious actors to craft XML payloads that exploit the parser's behavior, leading to the inclusion of external resources. By leveraging this vulnerability, an attacker can read confidential files from the file system and access limited HTTP resources reachable by the product. Additionally, the vulnerability can be exploited to perform denial of service attacks by exhausting server resources through recursive entity expansion or fetching large external resources.
Source
ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
api_manager, identity_server, identity_server_as_key_manager, open_banking_am, open_banking_iam

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
9.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

Weaknesses

ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8
CWE-611

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

  1. CVE-2024-2374 XML External Entity Injection in Multiple WSO2 Products https://t.co/baes3jQE8L

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Configurations

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  2. The component accepts XML input through the publisher without disabling external entity resolution. This allows malicious actors to submit a crafted XML payload that exploits the unescaped external entity references. By leveraging this vulnerability, a malicious actor can read confidential files from the product's file system or access limited HTTP resources reachable via HTTP GET requests to the vulnerable product.•CVE-2024-8010
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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.