01 Record
CVE-2020-12676
FusionAuth fusionauth-samlv2 0.2.3 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a "Signature exclusion attack".
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
FusionAuth fusionauth-samlv2 0.2.3 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a "Signature exclusion attack".
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-10-02 19:40Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 12:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-05-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e275ee96be492e6b019f2f02fc24b01c2077de25244450fbd83cb952e50ce97a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.dehttps://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdf
- github.comhttps://github.com/SAMLRaider/SAMLRaider
- seclists.org20201002 CVE-2020-12676 - FusionAuth SAML v2.0 bindings in Java using JAXB - Signature Exclusion Attackhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Oct/1
- compass-security.comhttps://compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2020-06_CSNC-2020-002_FusionAuth_Signature_Exclusion_Attack.txt
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159454/FusionAuth-SAMLv2-0.2.3-Message-Forging.html