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Security Advisory WSO2-2021-1592

Published: July 12, 2022

Version: 1.0.0

Severity: Medium

CVSS Score: 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

• WSO2 API Manager : 3.0.0 , 3.1.0 , 3.2.0 , 4.0.0

OVERVIEW

reCAPTCHA validation fails during the authentication.

DESCRIPTION

Due to the improper implementation of the CaptchaFilter, the reCAPTCHA validation fails during the authentication.

IMPACT

By leveraging the identified issue, a malicious actor could run the automation script to perform brute force attacks in order to find the user credentials of a particular victim.

SOLUTION

If the latest version of the affected WSO2 product is not mentioned under the affected product list, you may migrate to the latest version to receive security fixes. Otherwise you may apply the relevant fixes to the product based on the public fix:

• https://github.com/wso2/product-apim/pull/12082
• https://github.com/wso2/product-apim/pull/12087

Info

If you are a WSO2 customer with a support subscription, use WSO2 Updates in order to apply the fix.