HIGH
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
Published May 25, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 79.18%
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.
Affected products
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- Version 1.0.0 to 1.0.5StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2.0.0 to 2.0.9StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pivotal | Spring Security OAuth | n/a |
|
OR
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
79.18% 0.79176
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.79176
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 79.18% (0.79176) | 99.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 79.18% (0.79176) | 99.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 71.76% (0.71757) | 99.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 79.18% (0.79176) | 99.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 71.76% (0.71757) | 99.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 79.18% (0.79176) | 99.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 71.76% (0.71757) | 99.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 79.18% (0.79176) | 99.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 71.76% (0.71757) | 99.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 79.18% (0.79176) | 99.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 94.16% (0.94162) | 99.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 16.53% (0.16527) | 95.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 3.69% (0.03689) | 91.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 27, 2024 | 4.56% (0.04558) | 92.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 3.35% (0.03345) | 89.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 2.31% (0.02305) | 88.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.16% (0.02158) | 87.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 61.08% (0.61083) | 98.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 61.08% (0.61083) | 98.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 5.62% (0.05619) | 89.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 27, 2022 | 61.08% (0.61083) | 98.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.62% (0.05619) | 89.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 19, 2022 | 5.62% (0.05619) | 76.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.47% (0.05471) | 76.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6dd946635bbcc9e1f2591599ad0fab54f2dc3714196af3b17893f2%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6dd946635bbcc9e1f2591599ad0fab54f2dc3714196af3b17893f2@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/96c017115069408cec5e82ce1e6293facab398011f6db7e1befbe274%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/96c017115069408cec5e82ce1e6293facab398011f6db7e1befbe274@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4977
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-4977 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner dell
Published May 25, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 24, 2016
Link CVE-2016-4977
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-7Q9C-H23X-65FQ Updated n/a