CVE-2020-24589
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML...
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-24589- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17306
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17306- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6c4q-j8wj-wf2x No score
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML...
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks.
- Record
GHSA-6c4q-j8wj-wf2x- Weakness
- CWE-776
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-24589- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The Management Console in WSO2 API Manager through 3.1.0 and API Microgateway 2.2.0 allows XML External Entity injection (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-24589- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WSO2 API Manager <=3.1.0 - Blind XML External Entity Injection |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24589 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Wso2 Api Manager, published August 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.3%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.