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Vulnerability details: VCID-ezvv-kjum-jkdd
Vulnerability ID VCID-ezvv-kjum-jkdd
Aliases CVE-2015-20108
GHSA-r364-2pj4-pf7f
OSV-124991
Summary xml_security.rb in the ruby-saml gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby allows XPath injection and code execution because prepared statements are not used.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01183 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-20108
epss 0.01183 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-20108
epss 0.01183 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-20108
epss 0.01183 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-20108
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r364-2pj4-pf7f
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2015-20108.yml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2015-20108.yml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/OSVDB-124991.yml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/OSVDB-124991.yml
ssvc Track https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/OSVDB-124991.yml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448
ssvc Track https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/compare/v0.9.2...v1.0.0
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/compare/v0.9.2...v1.0.0
ssvc Track https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/compare/v0.9.2...v1.0.0
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/225
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/225
ssvc Track https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/225
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20108
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20108
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003/
cvssv3 9.8 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-RUBYSAML-20217
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-RUBYSAML-20217
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-RUBYSAML-20217
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-20108
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-20108
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2015-20108.yml
https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-RUBYSAML-20217
225 https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/225
9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448 https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448
GHSA-r364-2pj4-pf7f https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r364-2pj4-pf7f
ntap-20230703-0003 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003/
OSVDB-124991.yml https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/OSVDB-124991.yml
v0.9.2...v1.0.0 https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/compare/v0.9.2...v1.0.0
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2015-20108.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/OSVDB-124991.yml
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-14T18:38:57Z/ Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/OSVDB-124991.yml
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-14T18:38:57Z/ Found at https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/compare/v0.9.2...v1.0.0
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-14T18:38:57Z/ Found at https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/compare/v0.9.2...v1.0.0
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/225
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-14T18:38:57Z/ Found at https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/225
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20108
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-14T18:38:57Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0003/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-RUBYSAML-20217
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79185
EPSS Score 0.01183
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:33:29.676228+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2015/20xxx/CVE-2015-20108.json 38.6.0