CVE-2022-29464

WSO2 Multiple Products Unrestrictive Upload of File Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 25 Apr 2022
  • Used in ransomware campaigns

Description

Certain WSO2 products allow unrestricted file upload with resultant remote code execution. The attacker must use a /fileupload endpoint with a Content-Disposition directory traversal sequence to reach a directory under the web root, such as a ../../../../repository/deployment/server/webapps directory. This affects WSO2 API Manager 2.2.0 up to 4.0.0, WSO2 Identity Server 5.2.0 up to 5.11.0, WSO2 Identity Server Analytics 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.5.0 and 5.6.0, WSO2 Identity Server as Key Manager 5.3.0 up to 5.11.0, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator 6.2.0 up to 6.6.0, WSO2 Open Banking AM 1.4.0 up to 2.0.0 and WSO2 Open Banking KM 1.4.0, up to 2.0.0.

Key facts

Published
18 Apr 2022
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
mitre
KEV added
25 Apr 2022
KEV fix due
16 May 2022
Used in ransomware
Yes, according to CISA
EPSS
99.999% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.992% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (mitre)CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 18 Apr 2022 Published
  2. 25 Apr 2022 CVE-2022-29464 added to CISA KEV
  3. 25 Apr 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on Path traversal (CWE-22).

References