CVE-2024-10242 PUBLISHED

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Authentication Endpoint in WSO2 API Manager Allows UI Modification and Redirection

Assigner: WSO2
Reserved: 22.10.2024 Published: 16.04.2026 Updated: 16.04.2026

The authentication endpoint fails to adequately validate user-supplied input before reflecting it back in the response. This allows an attacker to inject malicious script payloads into the input parameters, which are then executed by the victim's browser.

Successful exploitation can enable an attacker to redirect the user's browser to a malicious website, modify the UI of the web page, or retrieve information from the browser. However, the impact is limited as session-related sensitive cookies are protected by the httpOnly flag, preventing session hijacking.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.1

Product Status

Vendor WSO2
Product WSO2 API Manager
Versions Default: unaffected
  • unknown from 0 to 3.2.0 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.2.0 to 3.2.0.401 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.0.0 to 4.0.0.318 (excl.)

Solutions

Follow the instructions given on https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2024-3741/#solution

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-82 CAPEC-82: Cross-site Scripting