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CVE-2016-4977: pivotal spring_security_oauth Data Processing Errors

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq
Published 25-05-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4977 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Data Processing Errors vulnerability in pivotal spring_security_oauth. EPSS estimates a 79.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
51/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
79.18%
0%100%
Critical · 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

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

79.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 79.18% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
79.18%

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.security.oauth1 product
  • spring-security-oauth2≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.10 | ≥ 1.0.0, < 1.0.5
Pivotal1 product
  • spring_security_oauth2.0.0 to 2.0.9 | 1.0.0 to 1.0.5 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9

2 vendors · 2 products

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