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CVE-2018-6521
The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistsimplesamlphp/simplesamlphpGHSA-qv5p-6wrc-79wg (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180209 [SECURITY] [DLA 1273-1] simplesamlphp security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4127 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2022-5030 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qv5p-6wrc-79wg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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