CVE-2020-5301

Information disclosure of source code in SimpleSAMLphp

LOW
3.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 21, 2020 at 07:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSimplesamlphp

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Severity
LOW3.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

SimpleSAMLphp versions before 1.18.6 contain an information disclosure vulnerability. The module controller in `SimpleSAML\Module` that processes requests for pages hosted by modules, has code to identify paths ending with `.php` and process those as PHP code. If no other suitable way of handling the given path exists it presents the file to the browser. The check to identify paths ending with `.php` does not account for uppercase letters. If someone requests a path ending with e.g. `.PHP` and the server is serving the code from a case-insensitive file system, such as on Windows, the processing of the PHP code does not occur, and the source code is instead presented to the browser. An attacker may use this issue to gain access to the source code in third-party modules that is meant to be private, or even sensitive. However, the attack surface is considered small, as the attack will only work when SimpleSAMLphp serves such content from a file system that is not case-sensitive, such as on Windows. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.6.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.18.6
Affected range stops below 1.18.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-178

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