Is CVE-2016-4977 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-4977 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-4977?

CVE-2016-4977 has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2016-4977?

Patch guidance is available from pivotal security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-4977.

Fix CVE-2016-4977 - HIGH pivotal spring security oauth

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-4977?

16 products: pivotal spring security oauth, pivotal spring security oauth, pivotal spring security oauth, pivotal spring security oauth, pivotal spring security oauth, and 11 more.

Description

When processing authorization requests using the whitelabel views in Spring Security OAuth 2.0.0 to 2.0.9 and 1.0.0 to 1.0.5, the response_type parameter value was executed as Spring SpEL which enabled a malicious user to trigger remote code execution via the crafting of the value for response_type.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-19

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PIVOTAL
Published: 5/25/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauthpivotal : spring_security_oauth

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD