Spring Security Authorization Server Default Consent Page is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Priority LOW 35CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Spring Security Authorization Server's default consent page renders user-controlled values without HTML entity encoding. Spring Security 7.1.0 Spring Security 7.0.0 - 7.0.6
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00277 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-47877
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4pq7-67mc-3rgx
References
More VMware Spring Security vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-16900 Improper access control in Spring Security CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13611 Authorization bypass in Spring by VMware CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-07154 Incorrect authorization in Spring Security CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-42404 Spring Security embedded UnboundID LDAP server exposes well-known administrative bind DN on all network interfaces CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-18257 Under Some Conditions Spring Security HTTP Headers Are not Written CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2014-02853 Improper authentication in Pivotal Spring Security CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-47877 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-47877 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4pq7-67mc-3rgx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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