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CVE-2019-11272
HIGH7.3
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".
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score7.3
SeverityHIGH
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published6/26/2019
Last Modified9/12/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
debian:debian_linuxvmware:spring_security
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-287CWE-522
References
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html(security@pivotal.io)
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272(security@pivotal.io)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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