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CVE-2019-11272 (GCVE-0-2019-11272)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-26 14:06 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:25
VLAI
Title
PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords that are null
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".
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication - Generic
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring Spring Security Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.13.RELEASE (custom)
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Date Public
2019-06-20 00:00
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