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CVE-2016-4977

HIGH
8.8CVSS
Published: 2017-05-25
Updated: 2025-04-20
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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

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