CVE-2024-5617 — Vulnerability intelligence
WSO2 — WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Carbon Identity Management, WSO2 Carbon User Manager Kernel
Published:
- CVSS
- 4.8
- CISA KEV
- Not listed; not proof of no exploitation
Original source text (not a translation)
The account lock feature fails to correctly enforce account lockouts on the primary user store when users with identical usernames exist in both primary and secondary user stores. This occurs because the lock condition is only applied to the secondary user store account in such scenarios, allowing continued authentication attempts against the primary user store account.
This functional flaw enables brute force attacks. By systematically attempting different passwords against the primary user store account, an attacker can potentially gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or accounts, as the intended account lockout mechanism does not prevent repeated login attempts.