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CVE-2016-4977

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…

High8.8EPSS 79.2%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
dell

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-4977, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
79.2% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Pivotal · Spring Security OAuth

    • affected 2.0.0 to 2.0.9
    • affected 1.0.0 to 1.0.5

Affected packages

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References (6)

Sources

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Record last updated .