CVE-2020-5301

LOW EPSS 55.8%
Published Apr 21, 20206y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
3.1 CVSS 3.1
Low
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Published Apr 21, 2020 6y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

SimpleSAMLphp versions before 1.18.6 contain an information disclosure vulnerability. The module controller in `SimpleSAML\Module` that processes requests for pages hosted by modules, has code to identify paths ending with `.php` and process those as PHP code. If no other suitable way of handling the given path exists it presents the file to the browser. The check to identify paths ending with `.php` does not account for uppercase letters. If someone requests a path ending with e.g. `.PHP` and the server is serving the code from a case-insensitive file system, such as on Windows, the processing of the PHP code does not occur, and the source code is instead presented to the browser. An attacker may use this issue to gain access to the source code in third-party modules that is meant to be private, or even sensitive. However, the attack surface is considered small, as the attack will only work when SimpleSAMLphp serves such content from a file system that is not case-sensitive, such as on Windows. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.6.

CVSS Details

Base Score
3.1
Exploitability
1.6
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
55.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-178
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Information Exposure

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
simplesamlphpsimplesamlphp* <1.18.6

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/47968d26a2fd3ed52da70dc09210921d612ce44e
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-24m3-w8g9-jwpq
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/47968d26a2fd3ed52da70dc09210921d612ce44e
    PatchThird Party Advisory