CVSS 3.1
7.3 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCVE-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 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".
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-522, CWE-287
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- vmware:spring_security
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5 | Maven | org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | <4.2.13 | 4.2.13 |
| GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5 | Maven | org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas | <4.2.13.RELEASE | 4.2.13.RELEASE |