CVE-2019-11272

Description

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".

Risk Information

Base Score
7.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.407

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-11272 are fixed in Spring-security-cas 4.2.13Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-11272 are fixed in Spring-security-core 4.2.13Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.2Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 6.0.3.5Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 6.1.0.4Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-11272 are fixed in Spring-security-cas for Linux 4.2.13Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-11272 are fixed in Spring-security-core for Linux 4.2.13Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234