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Insufficiently Protected Credentials and Improper Authentication in Spring Security

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 27, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 4.2.12.RELEASE

Patched versions

4.2.13.RELEASE
maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven)
<= 4.2.12
4.2.13

Description

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?.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 26, 2019
Reviewed Jun 27, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 27, 2019
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

High
7.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-11272

GHSA ID

GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5

Source code

No known source code
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