Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Spring Security OAuth - CVE-2019-11269

Vulnerability identifier: #VU18660

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11269

CWE-ID: CWE-345

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: Pivotal

Affected software:
Spring Security OAuth

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to the application relies on the URL passed via the "redirect_uri" parameter. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted link that once clicked will cause the authorization server to redirect the resource owner user-agent to a URI under the control of the attacker after successful authentication. As a result the attacker can gain authorization code and bypass OAuth authentication.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11269