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Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted request using whitelabel views

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 18, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 14, 2024

Package

maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10
>= 1.0.0, < 1.0.5

Patched versions

2.0.10
1.0.5

Description

When processing authorization requests using the whitelabel views in Spring Security OAuth 2.0.0 to 2.0.9 and 1.0.0 to 1.0.5, the response_type parameter value was executed as Spring SpEL which enabled a malicious user to trigger remote code execution via the crafting of the value for response_type.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 18, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated May 14, 2024

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2016-4977

GHSA ID

GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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