GHSA-24m3-w8g9-jwpq
Information disclosure of source code in SimpleSAMLphp
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp | < 1.18.6 | 1.18.6 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Background
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.
### Description
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.
### Affected versions
SimpleSAMLphp versions **1.18.5 and older**.
### Impact
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.
### Resolution
Upgrade the SimpleSAMLphp installation to version **1.18.6**.
### Credit
This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Sławek Naczyński.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-24m3-w8g9-jwpq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5301
- https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/47968d26a2fd3ed52da70dc09210921d612ce44e
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/CVE-2020-5301.yaml
- https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202004-01