8.8high

CVE-2016-4977in critical feed

Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted request using whitelabel views

Also known as GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
79.2%
percentile 100%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 code execution via the crafting of the value for response_type.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

79.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2
>=2.0.0, <2.0.10
>=1.0.0, <1.0.5
2.0.10
1.0.5

Affected products

  • Pivotal Spring Security OAuth

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds
Spring (RSS, critical only)

References

  • pivotal.io /security/cve-2016-4977 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0%40%3Cdev.fineract.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488%40%3Cdev.fineract.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/1 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/5e6dd946635bbcc9e1f2591599ad0fab54f2dc3714196af3b17893f2%40%3Cannounce.apache · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/96c017115069408cec5e82ce1e6293facab398011f6db7e1befbe274%40%3Cdev.fineract.ap · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4977 · advisory
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq · advisory
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488@%3Cdev.fineract.apac · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0@%3Cdev.fineract.apac · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/5e6dd946635bbcc9e1f2591599ad0fab54f2dc3714196af3b17893f2@%3Cannounce.apache.o · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/96c017115069408cec5e82ce1e6293facab398011f6db7e1befbe274@%3Cdev.fineract.apac · web

Sources

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