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CVE-2012-0908

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in logout.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.8.1 and possibly other versions before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the link_href parameter.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-0908 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from simplesamlphp organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-01-24T18:55:01.503

Last Modified

2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	≤ 1.8.1	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	0.4	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	0.5	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.0	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.1	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.2	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.3	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.4	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.5	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.5.1	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.6	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.6.1	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.6.2	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.6.3	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.7	Yes
Application	simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	1.8	Yes

References

http://code.google.com/p/simplesamlphp/issues/detail?id=468 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/78255 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/47491 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/20 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51372 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72313 ([email protected])
http://code.google.com/p/simplesamlphp/issues/detail?id=468 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/78255 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/47491 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/20 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51372 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72313 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For simplesamlphp's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.