Name: CVE-2024-52596: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2024-52596, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00979

SimpleSAMLphp xml-common is a common classes for handling XML-structures. When loading an (untrusted) XML document, for example the SAMLResponse, it's possible to induce an XXE. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 8.8 (HIGH)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade simplesamlphp	Dec 9, 2024	Dec 2, 2024
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade simplesamlphp (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade simplesamlphp	Sep 16, 2026	Sep 15, 2026

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CVSS Details

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