CVE-2023-6837
Published: Dec 15, 2023
Modified: Sep 25, 2025
CVSS v3.1
8.5
Description
Multiple WSO2 products have been identified as vulnerable to perform user impersonatoin using JIT provisioning. In order for this vulnerability to have any impact on your deployment, following conditions must be met: * An IDP configured for federated authentication and JIT provisioning enabled with the "Prompt for username, password and consent" option. * A service provider that uses the above IDP for federated authentication and has the "Assert identity using mapped local subject identifier" flag enabled. Attacker should have: * A fresh valid user account in the federated IDP that has not been used earlier. * Knowledge of the username of a valid user in the local IDP. When all preconditions are met, a malicious actor could use JIT provisioning flow to perform user impersonation.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
WSO2 | WSO2 API Manager | unknown 0 - < 2.5.0affected 2.5.0 - < 2.5.0.32affected 2.6.0 - < 2.6.0.52affected 3.0.0 - < 3.0.0.50affected 3.1.0 - < 3.1.0.72+2 more versions |
WSO2 | WSO2 Identity Server | unknown 0 - < 5.6.0affected 5.6.0 - < 5.6.0.16affected 5.7.0 - < 5.7.0.35affected 5.8.0 - < 5.8.0.26affected 5.9.0 - < 5.9.0.38+2 more versions |
WSO2 | WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager | unknown 0 - < 5.6.0affected 5.6.0 - < 5.6.0.17affected 5.7.0 - < 5.7.0.39affected 5.9.0 - < 5.9.0.45affected 5.10.0 - < 5.10.0.80 |
WSO2 | WSO2 Carbon Identity Application Authentication Framework | affected 5.11.256 - < 5.11.256.3affected 5.12.153 - < 5.12.153.21affected 5.12.387 - < 5.12.387.7affected 5.14.97 - < 5.14.97.22affected 5.17.5 - < 5.17.5.106+2 more versions |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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