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CVE-2018-15758

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15758 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Spring Security OAuth versions prior to 2.3.4, 2.2.3, 2.1.3, and 2.0.16. It allows a malicious actor to modify a previously saved authorization request via a crafted request to a custom approval endpoint, leading to elevated privileges upon subsequent approval. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.6CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2Fixed in: 2.0.16
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2Fixed in: 2.1.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2Fixed in: 2.2.3.RELEASE
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2Fixed in: 2.3.4.RELEASE
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.4.0Fixed in: spring-security-oauth
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-h8w4-qv99-f7vjhigh

Authorization bypass in org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2

Oct 19, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-15758Important

spring-security-oauth: Privilege escalation by manipulating saved authorization request

Oct 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2413
pivotal.io / security/cve-2018-15758
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105687
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry