CVE-2025-2905 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting multiple WSO2 products, including WSO2 API Manager, due to improper XML parser configuration. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read sensitive files from the server's filesystem and perform denial-of-service attacks. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity. While not currently in the CISA KEV catalog, there is significant community discussion, including a detailed write-up on Mastodon, indicating potential for exploit development, though no public exploits are yet available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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