What is CVE-2017-18121?

CVE-2017-18121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simplesamlphp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-18121?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Simplesamlphp

CVE-2017-18121

The consentAdmin module in SimpleSAMLphp through 1.14.15 is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting attack, allowing an attacker to craft links that could execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's web browser.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Simplesamlphp
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18121?: CVE-2017-18121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simplesamlphp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-18121?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.