{"id":"CVE-2016-4977","aliases":["GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4977","summary":"Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted request using whitelabel views","details":"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.","published":"2017-05-25T17:29:00.707Z","modified":"2026-08-27T08:18:19.255255Z","cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":2,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2","fixedVersion":"2.0.10"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2","fixedVersion":"1.0.5"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6dd946635bbcc9e1f2591599ad0fab54f2dc3714196af3b17893f2%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/96c017115069408cec5e82ce1e6293facab398011f6db7e1befbe274%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-4977"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-27T08:18:19.255255Z"}}