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SCA: security update for auth0/auth0-php (GHSA-v9m8-9xxp-q492)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437269

Description

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

 - Auth0-PHP is a PHP SDK for Auth0 Authentication and Management APIs. Versions 8.0.0-BETA3 prior to 8.3.1
 contain a vulnerability due to insecure deserialization of cookie data. If exploited, since SDKs process
 cookie content without prior authentication, a threat actor could send a specially crafted cookie
 containing malicious serialized data. Applications using the Auth0-PHP SDK are affected, as are
 applications using the Auth0/symfony, Auth0/laravel-auth0, or Auth0/wordpress SDKs, because those SDKsrely
 on the Auth0-PHP SDK versions from 8.0.0-BETA3 until 8.14.0. Version 8.3.1 contains a patch for the issue.
 (CVE-2025-48951)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v9m8-9xxp-q492

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 437269

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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-2025-48951

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48951

cwe: CWE-502