VMware Spring Authorization Server up to 1.4.11/1.5.8 Default Consent Page cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in VMware Spring Authorization Server up to 1.4.11/1.5.8. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Default Consent Page. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-59316. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in VMware Spring Authorization Server up to 1.4.11/1.5.8. Affected is an unknown part of the component Default Consent Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Spring Authorization Server's default consent page renders user-controlled values without HTML entity encoding. When using the DefaultConsentPage, an attacker can craft an OAuth2 authorization request containing a malicious value that is stored server-side and later rendered unencoded in the default consent page presented to the end user. Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0 - 1.5.8 Spring Authorization Server 1.4.0 - 1.4.11

The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-59316 since 07/04/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/27/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Spring Authorization Server

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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