CVE•Published 2026-08-06•Modified 2026-08-10•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-1728Wso2 · Api_control_plane

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 78% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

Description

Tokens issued to a low-privileged user are not sufficiently restricted, allowing them to be used to access product-level Admin REST APIs. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to invoke the Admin REST APIs of WSO2 products, potentially leading to full administrative account takeover. This requires the attacker to already possess a low-privileged user account and be able to obtain a valid token for it.

Timeline

Published 2026-08-06

Modified 2026-08-10

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-1728

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Wso2 Api Control Plane"

All exposed Wso2 Api Control Plane instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Api Control Plane"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Api Control Plane" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-1728