CVE-2015-0277

The Service Provider (SP) in PicketLink before 2.7.0 does not ensure that it is a member of an Audience element when an AudienceRestriction is specified, which allows remote attackers to log in to other users' accounts via a crafted SAML assertion. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. See CVE-2015-6254 for lack of validation for the Destination attribute in a Response element in a SAML assertion.

Published: 2015-08-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0277 is rated Moderate Risk (46/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0277

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-06 0.64% 0.46% -0.18%
2 2025-05-10 0.53% 0.64% +0.11%
3 2025-04-15 0.53%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0277

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0277

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0277

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0277

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0277

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
picketlink picketlink <= 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:picketlink:picketlink:*:cr5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0277

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