CVE-2016-4977
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…
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- dell
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By dell
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.2% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-19 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-19 and its CVEs
Affected products
Pivotal · Spring Security OAuth
- affected 2.0.0 to 2.0.9
- affected 1.0.0 to 1.0.5
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-4977 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [fineract-dev] 20191016 [CVE-2016-4977] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [fineract-dev] 20191016 Re: [CVE-2016-4977] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191015 Fwd: [CVE-2016-4977] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [announce] 20191016 [CVE-2016-4977] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [fineract-dev] 20191021 Re: [CVE-2016-4977] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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