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CVE-2018-5387
Wizkunde SAMLBase may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be…
High7.5EPSS 1.7%
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- certcc
Description
Wizkunde SAMLBase may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attack to potentially bypass authentication to SAML service providers.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistgogentooss/samlbaseGHSA-7gh2-8q93-87hp (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://duo.com/blog/duo-finds-saml-vulnerabilities-affecting-multiple-implementations (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/475445 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://github.com/GoGentoOSS/SAMLBase/issues/3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/GoGentoOSS/SAMLBase/commit/482cdf8c090e0f1179073034ebcb609ac7c3f5b3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7gh2-8q93-87hp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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