What is CVE-2016-5697?

CVE-2016-5697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Onelogin Ruby-saml, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-5697?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5697 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XPath Injection in Onelogin Ruby-saml

CVE-2016-5697

Ruby-saml before 1.3.0 allows attackers to perform XML signature wrapping attacks via unspecified vectors.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Onelogin Ruby-saml
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5697?: CVE-2016-5697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Onelogin Ruby-saml, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-5697?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5697 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.