CVE-2026-1728 - Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover

CVE-2026-1728 - Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Thu, 08/06/2026 - 13:09
CVE ID :CVE-2026-1728
Published : Aug. 6, 2026, 8:16 a.m. | 58 minutes ago
Description :Tokens issued to a low-privileged user are not sufficiently restricted, allowing them to be used to access product-level Admin REST APIs. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to invoke the Admin REST APIs of WSO2 products, potentially leading to full administrative account takeover. This requires the attacker to already possess a low-privileged user account and be able to obtain a valid token for it.
Severity: 9.8 | CRITICAL
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