CVE-2019-11272
PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords that are null
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 26, 2019
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 18, 2019
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".
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication - Generic
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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Spring SecuritySpring |
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References
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