# CVE-2022-4496: miniOrange WordPress SAML SSO multiple versions - Open Redirect in SSO login

> An attacker can redirect logged-in users to malicious external sites via the SSO login endpoint, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcxh-cxjx-w475

## What is CVE-2022-4496?

CVE-2022-4496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress SAML SSO Premium, published on 30 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The SAML SSO Standard WordPress plugin version 16.0.0 before 16.0.8, SAML SSO Premium WordPress plugin version 12.0.0 before 12.1.0 and SAML SSO Premium Multisite WordPress plugin version 20.0.0 before 20.0.7 does not validate that the redirect parameter to its SSO login endpoint points to an internal site URL, making it vulnerable to an Open Redirect issue when the user is already logged in.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4496?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Miniorange Saml Sp Single Sign On.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4496?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4496 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in miniOrange WordPress SAML SSO Premium

- [CVE-2020-6850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6850/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-12346](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12346/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4496 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress SAML SSO Premium, published on 30 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: miniOrange WordPress SAML SSO Premium. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4496/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4496
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4496
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4496

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4496/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.