CVE-2019-11272

moderate-risk
Published 2019-06-26

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".

Do I need to act?

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0.41% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.3/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Debian Vmware

References (4)

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low