Log injection in SimpleSAMLphp
Background
SimpleSAMLphp has a logging functionality that allows system administrators to keep track of the activity, errors, and statistics. Additionally, it allows users to report errors, shall they happen. An error report contains a report identifier, which is logged once submitted.
Description
The www/erroreport.php script, which receives error reports and sends them via email to the system administrator, didn't properly sanitize the report identifier obtained from the request. This allows an attacker, under specific circumstances, to inject new log lines by manually crafting this report ID.
When configured to use the file logging handler, SimpleSAMLphp will output all its logs by appending each log line to a given file. Since the reportID parameter received in a request sent to www/errorreport.php was not properly sanitized, it was possible to inject newline characters into it, effectively allowing a malicious user to inject new log lines with arbitrary content.
Affected versions
SimpleSAMLphp versions up to 1.18.3.
Impact
An attacker may use this issue to inject logs messages into a SimpleSAMLphp log file, trying to trick or confuse system administrators. However, the attack surface is considered small, as the attack will only work with the file logging handler, which opens the log file in append-only mode. This means an attacker cannot edit or remove existing log messages, and even if non-ascii characters are written to the log, the file will always be readable with a simple text editor.
Resolution
Upgrade the SimpleSAMLphp installation to version 1.18.4.
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Frederic Vleminckx on January 23, 2020.
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paquete de Composer | simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp | < 1.18.4 | 1.18.4 |
Referencias
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-532- Plataforma
- Composer
- Paquete
simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp- Publicada
- 24.01.2020
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-6gc6-m364-85ww - CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
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- Entradas en total
- 23
- Primera → última
- 01.2020 07.2026
- Sin corrección
- 0
- Explotada en ataques
- 0
Distribución por gravedad
- Crítica 3
- Alta 4
- Media 12
- Baja 4
Divulgaciones por año
- 2020: 6
- 2021: 0
- 2022: 12
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 4
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 1
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