{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5226 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp to 1.18.4 or later.","what":"CVE-2020-5226 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SimpleSAMLphp, published on 24 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-5226 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-5226 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SimpleSAMLphp, published on 24 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5226 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (Packagist): affected from 1.18.0; fixed in 1.18.4\n- simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (Packagist): affected from 1.18.0; fixed in 1.18.4\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5226/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5226/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-5226","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5226/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-5226","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5226","GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"SimpleSAMLphp","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can inject HTML into error report emails via unescaped fields when using the legacy PHP template, potentially leading to XSS.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"simplesamlphp","vendor":"simplesamlphp"}],"cvss":{"score":4.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Cross-site scripting in SimpleSAMLphp before version 1.18.4. The www/erroreport.php script allows error reports to be submitted and sent to the system administrator. Starting with SimpleSAMLphp 1.18.0, a new SimpleSAML\\Utils\\EMail class was introduced to handle sending emails, implemented as a wrapper of an external dependency. This new wrapper allows us to use Twig templates in order to create the email sent with an error report. Since Twig provides automatic escaping of variables, manual escaping of the free-text field in www/errorreport.php was removed to avoid double escaping. However, for those not using the new user interface yet, an email template is hardcoded into the class itself in plain PHP. Since no escaping is provided in this template, it is then possible to inject HTML inside the template by manually crafting the contents of the free-text field.","ecosystems":["Packagist"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in SimpleSAMLphp","id":"CVE-2020-5226","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Packagist","product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2020"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Feedgen Vulnerable to XML Denial of Service Attacks","id":"CVE-2020-5227"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.18.4"],"introduced":["1.18.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.18.4"],"introduced":["1.18.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp","purl":"pkg:composer/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp","source":"GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w"}],"prev":{"headline":"Log injection in SimpleSAMLphp","id":"CVE-2020-5225"},"products":["SimpleSAMLphp"],"published":"2020-01-24","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp Session fixation issue and authentication bypass in the authcrypt module","id":"CVE-2017-12868","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-09-01"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature","id":"CVE-2018-7644","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-03-05"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp SP accepts a response from an unexpected IdP when unsigned `Response/InResponseTo` is combined with a signed assertion lacking `SubjectConfirmationData/InResponseTo`","id":"CVE-2026-49284","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-17"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp Open redirection protection bypass","id":"CVE-2018-6520","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-02-02"},{"cvss_score":5.9,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp Unauthenticated encryption in CBC mode","id":"CVE-2017-12870","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-09-01"},{"cvss_score":5.9,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp Incorrect IV generation for encryption","id":"CVE-2017-12871","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-09-01"},{"cvss_score":5.9,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp Invalid token creation and validation","id":"CVE-2017-12867","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-08-29"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["simplesamlphp"]},"summary":"Attackers can inject HTML into error report emails via unescaped fields when using the legacy PHP template, potentially leading to XSS.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5226/"}