CVE-2016-4977: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
(updated )
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.
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/1
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6dd946635bbcc9e1f2591599ad0fab54f2dc3714196af3b17893f2@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/96c017115069408cec5e82ce1e6293facab398011f6db7e1befbe274@%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4977
- pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-4977
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