CVE-2017-6059

Mod Auth Openidc vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

5.2%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

Mod_auth_openidc.c in the Ping Identity OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache (aka mod_auth_openidc) before 2.14 allows remote attackers to spoof page content via a malicious URL provided to the user, which triggers an invalid request.

Affected vendor

Openidc

Affected product

Mod Auth Openidc

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2017-04-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6059.
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