CVE-2019-11272

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".

CVSS v3.0 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-06-26 07:15

Updated : 2021-06-08 11:21

NVD link : CVE-2019-11272

Mitre link : CVE-2019-11272

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

vmware

spring_security

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