Information disclosure in VMware Springsource Spring Security

CVE-2012-5055

DaoAuthenticationProvider in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not check the password if the user is not found, which makes the response delay shorter and might allow remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of login requests.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.019 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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