Findings

Vulnerability · CVE-2024-7097

WSO2 User Registration Arbitrary Account Creation

Published Feb 2, 2025 · corrected/updated Feb 2, 2025 · WSO2 WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager · evidence confidence very high

The SOAP admin service in WSO2 products has a security vulnerability that allows the creation of new user accounts regardless of the self-registration configuration settings. VulnCheck canary evidence.

Grounded briefings

Catalog interpretations for three audiences. Each brief cites ingested metadata and the original advisories below. They are not independent research and they do not invent exploit steps.

Executive

CVE-2024-7097 is a unknown public vulnerability record for WSO2 WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager. CISA lists it as known exploited. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. This summary is a catalog interpretation of the ingested metadata and cites the original advisories below.

System administrator

Identify whether WSO2 WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager is in your estate, then compare installed versions with the affected ranges. Affected packages or ranges on record: WSO2 WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. Prefer the vendor or distribution advisory linked in Sources before changing production systems. This is a catalog interpretation, not a runbook.

Security analyst

Signals on file: no CVSS/EPSS yet. CISA lists it as known exploited. Sources contributing to this record: vulncheck_kev. Public exploit references, when present, are outbound links only and are not proof of active exploitation. This is a catalog interpretation of stored metadata.

Exploitation and remediation

  • Exploitation evidence

    Confirmed in CISA KEV since Feb 2, 2025. Listed in CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV.

  • Patch and remediation

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 2, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The SOAP admin service in WSO2 products has a security vulnerability that allows the creation of new user accounts regardless of the self-registration configuration settings. VulnCheck canary evidence.

  2. Feb 2, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Affected

  • vendor WSO2 WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Managerversion unspecified

Sources

  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-7097

    The SOAP admin service in WSO2 products has a security vulnerability that allows the creation of new user accounts regardless of the self-registration configuration settings.

    vulncheck.com

References