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Vulnerability details: VCID-vxbq-9k5c-4uf5
Vulnerability ID VCID-vxbq-9k5c-4uf5
Aliases CVE-2020-5226
GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
Summary Cross-site scripting in SimpleSAMLphp
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.0
Risk 2.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5226
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5226
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
cvssv3.1 4.4 https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
cvssv3.1 4.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5226
generic_textual LOW https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5226
cvssv3.1 4.4 https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202001-01
generic_textual LOW https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202001-01
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-5226
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5226
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202001-01
CVE-2020-5226 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5226
GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5226
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

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none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://simplesamlphp.org/security/202001-01
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.56906
EPSS Score 0.00337
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:25:47.391592+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj9p-v2r8-wf8w 38.6.0