Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a null encoded password, a malicious user (or attacker) can authenticate using a password of "null".
CVE-2019-11272 - High Severity Vulnerability
spring-security-core
Library home page: http://spring.io/spring-security
Path to dependency file: /pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /springframework/security/spring-security-core/3.2.4.RELEASE/spring-security-core-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **spring-security-core-3.2.4.RELEASE.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: c42e663814e4b88294ff90339ad577ca1afcf531
Found in base branch: master
Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a null encoded password, a malicious user (or attacker) can authenticate using a password of "null".
Publish Date: 2019-06-26
URL: CVE-2019-11272
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: Low
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Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11272
Release Date: 2019-06-26
Fix Resolution: 4.2.13.RELEASE
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