CVE-2017-16897 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Auth0's passport-wsfed-saml2 library versions prior to 3.0.5. This flaw, categorized as CWE-290, allows an unauthenticated attacker to impersonate other users and potentially elevate privileges if the SAML identity provider fails to sign the entire SAML response. With a CVSS score of 8.1, the attack vector is network-based with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:auth0:passport-wsfed-saml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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