PT-2016-4988
CVE-2016-2049
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Published
2016-02-01
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Updated
2016-03-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
JanRain PHP OpenID library (aka php-openid) (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to improper checking of the
openid.realm parameter against the SERVER NAME element in the SERVER superglobal array. This might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users via crafted HTTP Host headers.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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