CVE-2016-4977
Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted request using whitelabel views
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 93.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-4977
To remediate CVE-2016-4977, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.0.10 or later
Is CVE-2016-4977 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 93.7%, placing CVE-2016-4977 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq
- ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4977
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E