VDB-136895 · CVE-2019-11272 · DLA 1848-1

Spring Security up to 4.2.12 Password credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Spring Security up to 4.2.12 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Password as part of Null Value leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-11272. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Spring Security up to 4.2.12 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument Password as part of a Null Value leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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?.

The weakness was published 06/26/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at pivotal.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-11272 since 04/18/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

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Spring Security

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/18/2019 🔍
06/26/2019 +69 days 🔍
06/27/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2025 +2269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: DLA 1848-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-11272 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11272
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-136895

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2019 07:15
Updated: 09/12/2025 23:43
Changes: 06/27/2019 07:15 (55), 06/27/2020 20:26 (1), 10/08/2023 08:56 (3), 09/12/2025 23:43 (16)
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