CVE-2024-5617 PUBLISHED

Account Lock Bypass via User Store Synchronization in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Brute Force Attacks

Assigner: WSO2
Reserved: 04.06.2024 Published: 02.11.2026 Updated: 02.11.2026

The account lock feature fails to correctly enforce account lockouts on the primary user store when users with identical usernames exist in both primary and secondary user stores. This occurs because the lock condition is only applied to the secondary user store account in such scenarios, allowing continued authentication attempts against the primary user store account.

This functional flaw enables brute force attacks. By systematically attempting different passwords against the primary user store account, an attacker can potentially gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or accounts, as the intended account lockout mechanism does not prevent repeated login attempts.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.8

Product Status

Vendor WSO2
Product WSO2 API Manager
Versions Default: unaffected
  • unknown from 0 to 4.0.0 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.0.0 to 4.0.0.298 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.2.0 to 4.2.0.95 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.3.0 to 4.3.0.13 (excl.)
Vendor WSO2
Product WSO2 Identity Server
Versions Default: unaffected
  • unknown from 0 to 5.11.0 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.11.0 to 5.11.0.348 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.0.0 to 6.0.0.194 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.1.0 to 6.1.0.162 (excl.)
  • affected from 7.0.0 to 7.0.0.33 (excl.)
Vendor WSO2
Product WSO2 Carbon Identity Management
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 5.18.187 to 5.18.187.259 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.23.8 to 5.23.8.180 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.24.8 to 5.24.8.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.25.92 to 5.25.92.84 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.25.705 to 5.25.705.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 7.0.78 to 7.0.78.19 (excl.)
Vendor WSO2
Product WSO2 Carbon User Manager Kernel
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 4.6.1 to 4.6.1.114 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.7.1 to 4.7.1.53 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.8.1 to 4.8.1.16 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.9.0 to 4.9.0.58 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.9.26 to 4.9.26.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.10.9 to 4.10.9.17 (excl.)

Solutions

Follow the instructions given on https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2024-3414/#solution https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2024-3414/#solution

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-799: Improper Neutralization of Input During Action Execution ('Code Injection') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-210 CAPEC-210: Brute Force Attack