CVE-2019-3778

Open Redirect in spring-security-oauth2

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.16.5Medium EPSS percentile97th15% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 1 source FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2019-03-07Updated 2024-11-21Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Spring Security OAuth, versions 2.3 prior to 2.3.5, and 2.2 prior to 2.2.4, and 2.1 prior to 2.1.4, and 2.0 prior to 2.0.17, and older unsupported versions could be susceptible to an open redirector attack that can leak an authorization code. A malicious user or attacker can craft a request to the authorization endpoint using the authorization code grant type, and specify a manipulated redirection URI via the "redirect_uri" parameter. This can cause the authorization server to redirect the resource owner user-agent to a URI under the control of the attacker with the leaked authorization code. This vulnerability exposes applications that meet all of the following requirements: Act in the role of an Authorization Server (e.g. @EnableAuthorizationServer) and uses the DefaultRedirectResolver in the AuthorizationEndpoint. This vulnerability does not expose applications that: Act in the role of an Authorization Server and uses a different RedirectResolver implementation other than DefaultRedirectResolver, act in the role of a Resource Server only (e.g. @EnableResourceServer), act in the role of a Client only (e.g. @EnableOAuthClient).

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS97th

Public exploit

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

1 source with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in

EPSS

15% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 97th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 471 days before any public exploit.

2026-03-06Public exploit / PoCsource: packetstormnuclei check added
2024-11-21Patch availablerecord updated
2019-03-07Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Oracle Corp.commercial · USaka oracle
Mavenpackage-ecosystem
- org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauthOSS Libraries
- org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2OSS Libraries
pivotal softwarecommercial · USaka pivotal
- spring security oauthLibraryCloud & SaaS
Springoss-projectaka spring boot, spring framework, spring security
- Spring Security OAuthOSS Libraries
Broadcom Inc.commercial · USaka vmware by broadcom
- Spring SecurityLibraryLibraryOSS Libraries / generic-library

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Scored 6.5 by NVD.

How it is reached

Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
Integrity LowData modification is possible but limited in scope or consequence
Availability NoneNo availability impact