OneLogin SAML SSO <= 2.8.0 - Distributed Denial-of-Service

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
CVE Not available
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published January 28, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The OneLogin SAML SSO for WordPress is vulnerable to DDoS in versions up to, and including, 2.8.0. This is due to an XML Entity Expansion. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to use XML External Entity to cause the vulnerable service to slow down and/or become unresponsive.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug onelogin-saml-sso (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.0
Patched Version
  • 3.0.0
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