QID 12507

Date Published: 2021-06-16

QID 12507: SimpleSAMLphp Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability(202001-01)

SimpleSAMLphp is an award-winning application written in native PHP that deals with authentication.

Affected Versions:
SimpleSAMLphp 1.18.0 - 1.18.3

QID Detection Logic:(Unauthenticated)
This QID checks for vulnerable version of SimpleSAMLphp

An attacker may take advantage of this issue to manually craft a modified email sent via the error reporting mechanism, such as this email might trick a system administrator into performing an action, such as introducing their credentials into a phishing web site that resembles the original.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised upgrade to the SimpleSAMLphp installation to version 1.18.4 or latest one.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 12507

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    202001-01 URL Logo simplesamlphp.org/security/202001-01

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