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Status published
High
CVE-2019-11272
PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords that are null
Vulnerability 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".
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 26th, 2019
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L