CVE-2020-5225

MEDIUM EPSS 46.6%
Published Jan 24, 20206y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.4 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jan 24, 2020 6y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Log injection in SimpleSAMLphp before version 1.18.4. The www/erroreport.php script, which receives error reports and sends them via email to the system administrator, did not properly sanitize the report identifier obtained from the request. This allows an attacker, under specific circumstances, to inject new log lines by manually crafting this report ID. When configured to use the file logging handler, SimpleSAMLphp will output all its logs by appending each log line to a given file. Since the reportID parameter received in a request sent to www/errorreport.php was not properly sanitized, it was possible to inject newline characters into it, effectively allowing a malicious user to inject new log lines with arbitrary content.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.4
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
46.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-532

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
simplesamlphpsimplesamlphp* <1.18.4

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-6gc6-m364-85ww
    Third Party Advisory
  • simplesamlphp.org https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202001-02
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.