Medium severity · published Jan 28, 2020
CVE-2019-20437
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0, WSO2 IS as Key Manager 5.7.0, and WSO2 Identity Server 5.8.0
6.1
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0, WSO2 IS as Key Manager 5.7.0, and WSO2 Identity Server 5.8.0. When a custom claim dialect with an XSS payload is configured in the identity provider basic claim configuration, that payload gets executed, if a user picks up that dialect's URI as the provisioning claim in the advanced claim configuration of the same Identity Provider. The attacker also needs to have privileges to log in to the management console, and to add and update identity provider configurations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AM
Api Manager · Wso2
2.6.0 · source: NVD
IS
Identity Server · Wso2
5.7.0; 5.8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20437
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20437
Exploit
https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2019-20437-wso2.html
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2019-0635
Exploit
https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/20
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