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Vulnerability details: VCID-uequ-74c6-fqhr
Vulnerability ID VCID-uequ-74c6-fqhr
Aliases CVE-2023-6835
GHSA-w7rx-824v-rgx5
Summary WSO2 API Manager allows attackers to change the API rating Multiple WSO2 products have been identified as vulnerable due to lack of server-side input validation in the Forum feature, API rating could be manipulated.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00246 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6835
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/blob/81e0c0b8ed0bd2dace1e9006be21acbb731c835e/components/forum/org.wso2.carbon.forum/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/forum/registry/RegistryForumManager.java#L762
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/blob/81e0c0b8ed0bd2dace1e9006be21acbb731c835e/components/forum/org.wso2.carbon.forum/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/forum/registry/RegistryForumManager.java#L762
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/commit/2e9591b72bc286dfcd22b57768e984d867c902ba
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/commit/2e9591b72bc286dfcd22b57768e984d867c902ba
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6835
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6835
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1357
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1357
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6835
https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt
https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/blob/81e0c0b8ed0bd2dace1e9006be21acbb731c835e/components/forum/org.wso2.carbon.forum/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/forum/registry/RegistryForumManager.java#L762
https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/commit/2e9591b72bc286dfcd22b57768e984d867c902ba
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6835
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1357
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1357/
GHSA-w7rx-824v-rgx5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7rx-824v-rgx5
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/blob/81e0c0b8ed0bd2dace1e9006be21acbb731c835e/components/forum/org.wso2.carbon.forum/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/forum/registry/RegistryForumManager.java#L762
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/wso2/carbon-apimgt/commit/2e9591b72bc286dfcd22b57768e984d867c902ba
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6835
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

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required

unchanged

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2021/WSO2-2021-1357
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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required

unchanged

changed

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none

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none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.48011
EPSS Score 0.00246
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T09:05:36.227061+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/12/GHSA-w7rx-824v-rgx5/GHSA-w7rx-824v-rgx5.json 38.6.0