CVE-2024-5962 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Authentication Endpoint of Multiple WSO2 Products Due to Missing Output Encoding

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the authentication endpoint of multiple WSO2 products due to missing output encoding of user-supplied input. A malicious actor can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the authentication flow, potentially leading to UI modifications, redirections to malicious websites, or data exfiltration from the browser. While this issue could allow an attacker to manipulate the user’s browser, session-related sensitive cookies remain protected with the httpOnly flag, preventing session hijacking.

Published: 2025-05-22 Last update: 2025-10-06 Assigner: ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8 Source: ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-5962 is rated Low Risk (35.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-5962

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-18 0.02% 0.12% +0.09%
2 2025-11-21 0.06% 0.02% -0.04%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-5962

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 ed10eef1-636d-4fbe-9993-6890dfa878f8

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-5962

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-5962

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wso2 api_manager 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
wso2 api_manager 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:wso2:api_manager:4.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
wso2 identity_server 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server:6.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
wso2 identity_server 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server:6.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-5962

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