CVE-2025-46573
May 06, 2025
passport-wsfed-saml2 provides passport strategy for both WS-fed and SAML2 protocol. A vulnerability present starting in version 3.0.5 up to and including version 4.6.3 allows an attacker to impersonate any user during SAML authentication by tampering with a valid SAML response. This can be done by adding attributes to the response. Users are affected specifically when the service provider is using "passport-wsfed-saml2" and a valid SAML Response signed by the Identity Provider can be obtained. Version 4.6.4 contains a fix for the vulnerability.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/auth0/passport-wsfed-saml2.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.5 <v4.6.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.6.4passport-wsfed-saml2 (NPM):
Affected version(s) Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.6.4Related ResourcesĀ (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
UNREPORTED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
EPSS
Base Score:
0.24