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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-77998"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-25T12:50:46.506Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-08T10:38:41.779Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-77998"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-77998.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77998"
title: "Joomla Extension - miniorange.com - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via SAMLResponse Parameter in miniOrange SAML SSO \u003c 11.0.2, SAML SP Single Sign On – Login with ADFS \u003c 6.4,  SAML SP Single Sign On – SAML SSO login with Google Apps \u003c 6.4"
summary: "Joomla Extension - miniorange.com - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via SAMLResponse Parameter in miniOrange SAML SSO \u003c 11.0.2, SAML SP Single Sign On – Login with ADFS \u003c 6.4,  SAML SP Single Sign On – SAML SSO login with Google Apps \u003c 6.4 - This is due to the mo_saml_validate_signature() function performing a loose boolean check on the raw tri-state integer returned by PHP's openssl_verify(), causing an error return value of -1 to be evaluated as truthy and therefore treated as a successful signature verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing Joomla user, including administrators, by submitting a crafted SAMLResponse containing an attacker-controlled NameID and a deliberately malformed signature value that triggers an OpenSSL processing error — bypassing verification entirely and resulting in wp_set_auth_cookie() being called for the targeted account."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0-11.0.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"miniorange.com","product":"SAML SSO Free for Joomla extension for Joomla","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0-13.1.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"miniorange.com","product":"SAML SSO Basic for Joomla extension for Joomla","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0-24.1.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"miniorange.com","product":"SAML SSO Standard for Joomla extension for Joomla","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0-34.1.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"miniorange.com","product":"SAML SSO Premium for Joomla extension for Joomla","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0-44.1.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"miniorange.com","product":"SAML SSO Enterprise for Joomla extension for Joomla","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0-6.3.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"miniorange.com","product":"SAML SP Single Sign On – Login with ADFS extension for Joomla","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.0-6.3.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"miniorange.com","product":"SAML SSO login with Google Apps extension for Joomla","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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