VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2351
The default configuration of the auth/saml plugin in Mahara before 1.4.2 sets the "Match username attribute to Remote username" option to false, which allows remote SAML IdP servers to spoof users of other SAML IdP servers by using the same internal…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The default configuration of the auth/saml plugin in Mahara before 1.4.2 sets the "Match username attribute to Remote username" option to false, which allows remote SAML IdP servers to spoof users of other SAML IdP servers by using the same internal username.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.07% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16, CWE-284, CWE-287
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · mahara/mahara
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/commit/f07be6020e70fa8f53cd77fdcd63e7fd7ff8aaeaIssue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2467Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/11/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/932909Issue Tracking
- http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/commit/f07be6020e70fa8f53cd77fdcd63e7fd7ff8aaeaIssue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2467Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/11/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/932909Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.