Medium

WSO2 Carbon Mediation vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks

  • Disclosed: 05.11.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:20

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products due to improper configuration of the XML parser. The application parses user-supplied XML without applying sufficient restrictions, allowing resolution of external entities.

A successful attack could enable a remote, unauthenticated attacker to read sensitive files from the server's filesystem or perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that render affected services unavailable.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.wso2.carbon.mediation:org.wso2.carbon.localentry all versions no fix

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-611
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.wso2.carbon.mediation:org.wso2.carbon.localentry
Disclosed
05.11.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 13:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-fvfq-q238-j7j3 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.wso2.carbon.mediation:org.wso2.carbon.localentry

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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