CVE-2025-24895Public exploitNetwork attack vector

User impersonation via first-signature-only SAML validation

Published Feb 18, 2025 · Updated Feb 18, 2025

Improper authentication in CIE.AspNetCore.Authentication before 2.1.0 allows remote attackers to impersonate any SPID or CIE user. VerifySignature loads only nodeList[0] into SignedXml, so a signed injected XML element is accepted while the root response and later signatures remain unchecked. No credentials or user interaction are required; an IdP-signed metadata element is sufficient to establish an arbitrary user's session.

CVSS severity9.1
Critical
EPSS probability0.61%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper authentication in CIE.AspNetCore.Authentication before 2.1.0 allows remote attackers to impersonate any SPID or CIE user. VerifySignature loads only nodeList[0] into SignedXml, so a signed injected XML element is accepted while the root response and later signatures remain unchecked. No credentials or user interaction are required; an IdP-signed metadata element is sufficient to establish an arbitrary user's session.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-24895
Published
Feb 18, 2025
Updated
Feb 18, 2025
Vendor
Developers Italia
Product
CIE.AspNetCore.Authentication
Classifications
CWE-287, T1606.002
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 2.1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Developers Italia · CIE.AspNetCore.Authenticationversion=< 2.1.0

Published CVSS scores

9.1GitHub CNACVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-287Improper Authentication
T1606.002Forge Web Credentials: SAML Tokens

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