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SCA: security update for simplesamlphp/saml2, simplesamlphp/saml2-legacy (GHSA-pxm4-r5ph-q2m2)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417777

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - SimpleSAMLphp SAML2 library is a PHP library for SAML2 related functionality. When loading an (untrusted)
 XML document, for example the SAMLResponse, it's possible to induce an XXE. This vulnerability is fixed in
 4.6.14 and 5.0.0-alpha.18. (CVE-2024-52806)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pxm4-r5ph-q2m2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417777

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.1

Percentile: 49.85

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52806

cwe: CWE-611