🛡️ CVE-2012-5055 — spring-security-core

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-200 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Spring Security

DaoAuthenticationProvider in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not check the password if the user is not found, which makes the response delay shorter and might allow remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of login requests.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-5055 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

CVE-2012-5055 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (from 3.1.0 up to 3.1.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 7 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
support.springsource.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-200
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core 3.1.0 3.1.3

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