CVE-2018-20857 (GCVE-0-2018-20857)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-26 11:41 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Zendesk Samlr before 2.6.2 allows an XML nodes comment attack such as a name_id node with user@example.com followed by <!---->. and then the attacker's domain name.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/zendesk/samlr/compare/v2.6.1..… | x_refsource_MISC |
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