CVE-2025-2905 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2025-2905

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Multiple WSO2 Products

Vulnerability Description

Due to the improper configuration of XML parser, user-supplied XML is parsed without applying sufficient restrictions, enabling XML External Entity (XXE) resolution in multiple WSO2 Products. A successful XXE attack could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to: * Read sensitive files from the server’s filesystem. * Perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, which can render the affected service unavailable.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • crnkovic

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus, WSO2 Micro integrator, WSO2 Open Banking AM
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.5.0, 2.6.0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, 6.3.0, 6.4.0, 6.5.0, 6.6.0, 4.9.0, 5.0.0, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 5th, 2025
Last Modified: October 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact