CVE-2017-12871
The aesEncrypt method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.x through 1.14.11 makes it easier for context-dependent…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.49%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 58% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The aesEncrypt method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.x through 1.14.11 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the encryption protection mechanism by leveraging use of the first 16 bytes of the secret key as the initialization vector (IV).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistsimplesamlphp/simplesamlphpGHSA-ww3w-592j-5qrw (opens in a new tab)
References
2
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201703-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/77df6a932d46daa35e364925eb73a175010dc904 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5649 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-ww3w-592j-5qrw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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