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CVE-2019-11272
PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords that are null
High7.3EPSS 1.4%
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- pivotal
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 4.2 – < 4.2.13.RELEASE
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-casGHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-coreGHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190709 [SECURITY] [DLA 1848-1] libspring-security-2.0-java security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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