VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6521
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory