GHSA-PPJQ-QXHX-M25F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-13 17:16 – Updated: 2022-12-15 21:59

Summary

Authentication Bypass for passport-wsfed-saml2

Details

Overview

A remote attacker can bypass WSFed authentication on a website using passport-wsfed-saml2. A successful attack requires that the attacker is in possession of an arbitrary IDP signed WSFed assertion. Depending on the IDP used, fully unauthenticated attacks (e.g without access to a valid user) might also be feasible if generation of a signed message can be triggered.

Am I affected?

You are affected if you are using WSFed protocol with the passport-wsfed-saml2 library versions < 4.6.3. SAML2 protocol is not affected.

How do I fix it?

Upgrade the library to version 4.6.3.

Will the fix impact my users?

No, the fix will not impact your users.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2022-23505 (GCVE-0-2022-23505)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-13 07:04 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:28

Title

Passport-wsfed-saml2 vulnerable to Authentication Bypass for WSFed authentication

Summary

Passport-wsfed-saml2 is a ws-federation protocol and SAML2 tokens authentication provider for Passport. In versions prior to 4.6.3, a remote attacker may be able to bypass WSFed authentication on a website using passport-wsfed-saml2. A successful attack requires that the attacker is in possession of an arbitrary IDP signed assertion. Depending on the IDP used, fully unauthenticated attacks (e.g without access to a valid user) might also be feasible if generation of a signed message can be triggered. This issue is patched in version 4.6.3. Use of SAML2 authentication instead of WSFed is a workaround.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:47 UTC

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2/sec…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
auth0	passport-wsfed-saml2	Affected: < 4.6.3

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