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GHSA-XM8V-8XXF-7X94

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-11 12:32 – Updated: 2026-05-11 12:32

Details

This flaw allows bypassing authorization boundaries between organizations, leading to unauthorized access to critical operations and user accounts in other organizations. When adaptive authentication is enabled in a multi-organization deployment, a malicious actor with privileges to configure adaptive authentication in one organization could exploit this feature to perform critical operations in other organizations without authorization. This may result in privilege escalation, unauthorized access to resources, and potential account takeover across organizations.

Severity

6.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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CVE-2025-9973 (GCVE-0-2025-9973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 10:12 – Updated: 2026-05-11 15:18

Title

Authorization Bypass via Adaptive Authentication in WSO2 Identity Server Allows Cross-Organization Account Takeover

Summary

Due to not validating the organization context when executing adaptive authentication flows, the WSO2 Identity Server allows adaptive authentication logic to be triggered on unintended organizations. A malicious actor with privileges to configure adaptive authentication within one organization can leverage this functionality to execute authentication logic on other organizations and sub-organizations. This flaw allows bypassing authorization boundaries between organizations, leading to unauthorized access to critical operations and user accounts in other organizations. When adaptive authentication is enabled in a multi-organization deployment, a malicious actor with privileges to configure adaptive authentication in one organization could exploit this feature to perform critical operations in other organizations without authorization. This may result in privilege escalation, unauthorized access to resources, and potential account takeover across organizations.

Severity

6.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-11 15:18 UTC

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

WSO2 CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 89/100 over 59 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
WSO2	WSO2 Identity Server	Affected: 7.1.0 , < 7.1.0.26 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:wso2:wso2_identity_server::::::::
WSO2	Conditional Authentication User and Roles Related Functions	Affected: 1.2.76 , < 1.2.76.1 (custom) Unaffected: 1.2.82 , ≤ * (custom) cpe:2.3:a:wso2:conditional_authentication_user_and_roles_related_functions::::::::

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