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    CVE-2019-11272

    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".

    Published:Jun 26, 2019
    Last Modified:Sep 12, 2025
    EPS:Jun 26, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.00407
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Spring Security

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-102 Session Sidejacking
    CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse
    CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass
    CAPEC-151 Identity Spoofing
    CAPEC-194 Fake the Source of Data
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-474 Signature Spoofing by Key Theft
    CAPEC-50 Password Recovery Exploitation
    CAPEC-509 Kerberoasting
    CAPEC-551 Modify Existing Service
    CAPEC-555 Remote Services with Stolen Credentials
    CAPEC-560 Use of Known Domain Credentials
    CAPEC-561 Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials
    CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data
    CAPEC-593 Session Hijacking
    CAPEC-600 Credential Stuffing
    CAPEC-633 Token Impersonation
    CAPEC-644 Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash)
    CAPEC-645 Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket)
    CAPEC-650 Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server
    CAPEC-652 Use of Known Kerberos Credentials
    CAPEC-653 Use of Known Operating System Credentials
    CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM)

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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