CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-2049

8.8 HIGH Published 2016-02-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-02-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

examples/consumer/common.php in JanRain PHP OpenID library (aka php-openid) improperly checks the openid.realm parameter against the SERVER_NAME element in the SERVER superglobal array, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users via vectors involving a crafted HTTP Host header.

Affected configurations

• janrain php-openid

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References