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CVE-2022-29464: WSO2 Multiple Products Unrestrictive Upload of File Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-04-25
• EPSS: 100.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Certain 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.

Affected products

• WSO2 API Manager: from 2.2.0 through 4.0.0
• WSO2 Enterprise Integrator: from 6.2.0 through 6.6.0
• WSO2 Identity Server: from 5.2.0 through 5.11.0
• WSO2 Identity Server Analytics: 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.5.0, 5.6.0
• WSO2 Identity Server As Key Manager: from 5.3.0 through 5.10.0
• WSO2 Open Banking Am: from 1.3.0 through 2.0.0
• WSO2 Open Banking Iam: 2.0.0
• WSO2 Open Banking Km: from 1.3.0 through 1.5.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166921/WSO-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/22/7
• https://github.com/hakivvi/CVE-2022-29464
• https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2022/WSO2-2021-1738/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166921/WSO-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/22/7
• https://github.com/hakivvi/CVE-2022-29464
• https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2022/WSO2-2021-1738/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-29464

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