GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-24m3-w8g9-jwpq Information disclosure of source code in SimpleSAMLphp

LOW Published 2020-04-22 Modified 2024-02-06 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-5301
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-178, CWE-200
Reviewed
2020-04-21

Affected packages

• Packagist simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp: < 1.18.6 → fixed in 1.18.6

Description

Background 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. Description 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. Affected versions SimpleSAMLphp versions 1.18.5 and older. Impact 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. Resolution Upgrade the SimpleSAMLphp installation to version 1.18.6. Credit This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Sławek Naczyński.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-5301 SimpleSAMLphp versions before 1.18.6 contain an information disclosure vulnerability. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References