VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-11272

CVSS score7.3 HIGH

EPSS probability1.38%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-06-26

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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".

Weakness classification

security@pivotal.io: CWE-287
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-522

Primary references

security@pivotal.io — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@pivotal.io — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory