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low 3.7

GHSA-2r3v-q9x3-7g46 json

Link injection in SimpleSAMLphp

published 6y ago modified last yr.

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Background Several scripts part of SimpleSAMLphp display a web page with links obtained from the request parameters. This allows us to enhance usability, as the users are presented with links they can follow after completing a certain action, like logging out.

### Description The following scripts were not checking the URLs obtained via the HTTP request before displaying them as the target of links that the user may click on:

- `www/logout.php` - `modules/core/www/no_cookie.php`

The issue allowed attackers to display links targeting a malicious website inside a trusted site running SimpleSAMLphp, due to the lack of security checks involving the `link_href` and `retryURL` HTTP parameters, respectively. The issue was resolved by including a verification of the URLs received in the request against a white list of websites specified in the `trusted.url.domains` configuration option.

### Affected versions All SimpleSAMLphp versions prior to 1.14.4.

### Impact A remote attacker could craft a link pointing to a trusted website running SimpleSAMLphp, including a parameter pointing to a malicious website, and try to fool the victim into visiting that website by clicking on a link in the page presented by SimpleSAMLphp.

### Resolution Upgrade to the latest version.

### Credit This security issue was discovered and reported by John Page (hyp3rlinx).

Patch / fix

  • packagist simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp 1.14.4

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
<1.14.4
1.14.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

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