GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j — am-parent
MEDIUMGHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.2) CWE-863 vulnerability in org.wso2.am:am-parent. A fix is available for org.wso2.am:am-parent — see the affected versions and patch details below.
WSO2 products vulnerable to privilege escalation due to business logic flaw in SOAP admin services
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,145 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.wso2.am:am-parent☕org.wso2.is:identity-server-parentReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in multiple WSO2 products due to a business logic flaw in SOAP admin services. A malicious actor can create a new user with elevated permissions only when all of the following conditions are met:
- SOAP admin services are accessible to the attacker.
- The deployment includes an internally used attribute that is not part of the default WSO2 product configuration.
- At least one custom role exists with non-default permissions.
- The attacker has knowledge of the custom role and the internal attribute used in the deployment.
Exploiting this vulnerability allows malicious actors to assign higher privileges to self-registered users, bypassing intended access control mechanisms.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.wso2.am:am-parent | ≥ 2.0.0&&< 4.4.0 | 4.4.0org.wso2.am:am-parent:4.4.0 |
| ☕Maven | org.wso2.is:identity-server-parent | ≥ 5.2.0&&< 7.1.0 | 7.1.0org.wso2.is:identity-server-parent:7.1.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.wso2.am:am-parent, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.wso2.am:am-parent to 4.4.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-j63j-7r7r-5v4j across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.