Vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Security Oauth
CVE-2016-4977
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 co…
EPSS: 0.937 (99.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Pivotal Spring Security Oauth — versions 1.0.0 to 1.0.5, 2.0.0 to 2.0.9
- Pivotal Spring_security_oauth — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-4977?
- CVE-2016-4977 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Security Oauth, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-25.
- How severe is CVE-2016-4977?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-4977 known to be exploited?
- 39 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.