CVE-2025-46573CWE-287

passport-wsfed-saml2 Has SAML Authentication Bypass via Attribute Smuggling

High · published May 6, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

passport-wsfed-saml2 provides passport strategy for both WS-fed and SAML2 protocol. A vulnerability present starting in version 3.0.5 up to and including version 4.6.3 allows an attacker to impersonate any user during SAML authentication by tampering with a valid SAML response. This can be done by adding attributes to the response. Users are affected specifically when the service provider is using `passport-wsfed-saml2` and a valid SAML Response signed by the Identity Provider can be obtained. Version 4.6.4 contains a fix for the vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00374 · 30.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2025-05-06T20:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 20:22Z
    passport-wsfed-saml2 Has SAML Authentication Bypass via Attribute Smuggling
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