#VU68865 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Spring Security - CVE-2022-31690
Published: November 1, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68865
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31690
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Spring Security
Spring Security
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc
VMware, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in spring-security-oauth2-client. A remote user can modify a request initiated by the Client to the Authorization Server and gain elevated privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.