CVE-2020-5301

lowpriority · track · 12EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
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0.92% (60th) EPSS
CVSS 3.5 · low
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9
v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 1.4
v3.13lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.13lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.3 · impact 1.4
v3.13lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.12.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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  • GHSA-24m3-w8g9-jwpqInformation disclosure of source code in SimpleSAMLphp2020-04-22ghsa · osvUS

    ### 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.

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published 2020-04-21modified 2026-06-17
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