7.5

CVE-2014-0097: pivotal spring security Improper Authentication

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-gv9v-c375-hvmg
Published 25-05-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0097 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in pivotal spring security. EPSS estimates a 1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator in Spring Security 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 and 3.1.0 to 3.1.5 does not check the password length. If the directory allows anonymous binds then it may incorrectly authenticate a user who supplies an empty password.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.springframework.security1 product
  • spring-security-core≥ 3.2.0, < 3.2.2.RELEASE | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.5.RELEASE
Pivotal1 product
Vmware1 product
  • spring_security3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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