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ScnSocialAuth Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in login redirect param

  • Disclosed: 29.05.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

ScnSocialAuth version 1.15.2 has been released and includes a security for this vulnerability. Fix has been applied in https://github.com/SocalNick/ScnSocialAuth/commit/4a00966c41bc37251586d007564c5c891eba3700

Affected versions

All versions below 1.15.2 are affected. dev-master is fixed starting from https://github.com/SocalNick/ScnSocialAuth/commit/4a00966c41bc37251586d007564c5c891eba3700

Exploits

Because of missing escaping of the URL param redirect a XSS attack is possible. For example: Setting the redirect param to "><a%20href="http://github.com">GitHub.com</a><inpu%20type="hidden"%20" would result in a link added to the login page.

Resolution

If you are using any version of ScnSocialAuth below 1.15.2 please upgrade immediately by running composer update.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package socalnick/scn-social-auth < 1.15.2 1.15.2

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
socalnick/scn-social-auth
Disclosed
29.05.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-g6f5-4w43-2x63 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: socalnick/scn-social-auth

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