CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-16897

8.1 HIGH Published 2017-12-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-12-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-290

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Auth0 passport-wsfed-saml2 library affecting versions < 3.0.5. This vulnerability allows an attacker to impersonate another user and potentially elevate their privileges if the SAML identity provider does not sign the full SAML response (e.g., only signs the assertion within the response).

Affected configurations

• auth0 passport-wsfed-saml2 (< 3.0.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness

References