CVE-2019-11272
Spring Security NULL Password Authentication Bypass
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".
INFO
Published Date :
June 26, 2019, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 8, 2021, 6:21 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-11272.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272 | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2019-11272 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jun. 08, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2.0 from (including) 4.2.12 OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2.0 from (including) 4.2.12 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 06, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST CWE-255 Added CWE NIST CWE-522 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE Pivotal Software, Inc. CWE-287 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Changed Reference Type https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272 No Types Assigned https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272 Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-255 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2.0 up to (including) 4.2.12 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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??. 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?.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-11272 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-11272
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.08 }} -0.04%
score
0.34498
percentile