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CVE-2014-0097

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0097 describes a vulnerability in Spring Security's ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator (versions 3.2.0-3.2.1 and 3.1.0-3.1.5) where it fails to validate password length. This flaw could allow unauthorized authentication of users supplying an empty password if the Active Directory permits anonymous binds. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (High), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreFixed in: 3.2.2.RELEASE
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreFixed in: 3.1.5.RELEASE

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-gv9v-c375-hvmghigh

Improper Authentication in Spring Security

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0097Important

Framework: empty passwords may bypass authentication

Feb 28, 2014

References

pivotal.io / security/cve-2014-0097
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html