# CVE-2014-4172: A URL parameter injection vulnerability was found in the back-channel ticket validation step of the CAS protocol in Jasig Java CAS Client be

- Also known as: GHSA-9FC5-Q25C-R2WR
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.2, 3.3.2, 1.3.3
- Published: 2020-01-24 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- DotNetCasClient (NuGet): fixed in 1.0.2
- org.jasig.cas:cas-client (Maven): fixed in 3.3.2
- jasig/phpcas (Packagist): fixed in 1.3.3

## Description

A URL parameter injection vulnerability was found in the back-channel ticket validation step of the CAS protocol in Jasig Java CAS Client before 3.3.2, .NET CAS Client before 1.0.2, and phpCAS before 1.3.3 that allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) service parameter to validation/AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator.java or (2) pgtUrl parameter to validation/Cas20ServiceTicketValidator.java.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, DotNetCasClient, org.jasig.cas:cas-client or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.2, 3.3.2, 1.3.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131350
- https://www.mail-archive.com/cas-user%40lists.jasig.org/msg17338.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759718
- https://github.com/Jasig/dotnet-cas-client/commit/f0e030014fb7a39e5f38469f43199dc590fd0e8d
- https://github.com/Jasig/java-cas-client/commit/ae37092100c8eaec610dab6d83e5e05a8ee58814
- https://github.com/Jasig/phpCAS/blob/master/docs/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/Jasig/phpCAS/pull/125
- https://issues.jasig.org/browse/CASC-228
- https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3017.en.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137182.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95673

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