Vulnerability CVE-2019-11272

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-11272 (CCN-166568)

Assigned:

2019-06-19

Published:

2019-06-19

Updated:

2021-06-08

Summary:

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".

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.3 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
6.4 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
6.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): None