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CVE-2019-11272
published 2019-06-26

CVE-2019-11272: Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application…

high7.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCLILAL
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".

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
springspring_security>= 4.2 < 4.2.13.RELEASE4.2.13.RELEASE
vmwarespring_security< 4.2.134.2.13