WSO2 Multiple Products Unrestrictive Upload of File Vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2022-29464
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-18 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-23 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionCertain WSO2 products allow unrestricted file upload with resultant remote code execution. The attacker must use a /fileupload endpoint with a Content-Disposition directory traversal sequence to reach a directory under the web root, such as a ../../../../repository/deployment/server/webapps directory. This affects WSO2 API Manager 2.2.0 up to 4.0.0, WSO2 Identity Server 5.2.0 up to 5.11.0, WSO2 Identity Server Analytics 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.5.0 and 5.6.0, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager 5.3.0 up to 5.11.0, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator 6.2.0 up to 6.6.0, WSO2 Open Banking AM 1.4.0 up to 2.0.0 and WSO2 Open Banking KM 1.4.0, up to 2.0.0.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.944340000 probability, percentile 0.999860000 (date 2026-05-11)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-04-25; due 2022-05-16; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-22

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorWSO2
ProductMultiple Products
NameWSO2 Multiple Products Unrestrictive Upload of File Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29464

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wso2 Api Manager All All All All
Application Wso2 Enterprise Integrator All All All All
Application Wso2 Identity Server All All All All
Application Wso2 Identity Server Analytics 5.4.0 All All All
Application Wso2 Identity Server Analytics 5.4.1 All All All
Application Wso2 Identity Server Analytics 5.5.0 All All All
Application Wso2 Identity Server Analytics 5.6.0 All All All
Application Wso2 Identity Server As Key Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2022-29464 :: WSO2 Unrestricted arbitrary file upload, and remote code to execution vulnerability. MLIST www.openwall.com
GitHub - hakivvi/CVE-2022-29464: WSO2 RCE (CVE-2022-29464) exploit and writeup. MISC github.com
Security Advisory WSO2-2021-1738 - WSO2 Platform Security - WSO2 Documentation MISC docs.wso2.com
Just a moment... MISC security.docs.wso2.com
WSO Arbitrary File Upload / Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150524 WSO2 File Upload Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-29464)
  • 150581 WSO2 File Upload Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-29464)
  • 730453 WSO2 Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (CVE-2022-29464)
  • 730454 WSO2 API Manager Unrestricted Arbitrary File Upload and Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (WSO2-2021-1738)
  • 730457 WSO2 Unrestricted Arbitrary File Upload and Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (WSO2-2021-1738) (Intrusive Check)
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