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title: "CVE-2016-4977: Pivotal Spring Security OAuth vulnerability | CubePath"
description: "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…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4977
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# CVE-2016-4977: Pivotal Spring Security OAuth vulnerability | CubePath

## Description

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.

Official description from the CVE record, published by dell. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4977)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.80016 (80.0% probability)

Percentile

99.6%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Pivotal Spring Security OAuth

  - affected: 2.0.0 to 2.0.9
  - affected: 1.0.0 to 1.0.5

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-4977](https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-4977)
- [\[fineract-dev\] 20191016 \[CVE-2016-4977\] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37d7e820fc65a768de3e096e98382d5529a52a039f093e59357d0bc0%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E)  (lists.apache.org) mailing-list
- [\[fineract-dev\] 20191016 Re: \[CVE-2016-4977\] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0841d849c23418c473ccb9183cbf41a317cb0476e44be48022ce3488%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E)  (lists.apache.org) mailing-list
- [\[oss-security\] 20191015 Fwd: \[CVE-2016-4977\] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/1)  (openwall.com) mailing-list
- [\[announce\] 20191016 \[CVE-2016-4977\] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6dd946635bbcc9e1f2591599ad0fab54f2dc3714196af3b17893f2%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E)  (lists.apache.org) mailing-list
- [\[fineract-dev\] 20191021 Re: \[CVE-2016-4977\] Apache Fineract remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed in v1.3.0](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/96c017115069408cec5e82ce1e6293facab398011f6db7e1befbe274%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E)  (lists.apache.org) mailing-list

## Timeline

1. ID reserved May 24, 2016
2. Record published May 25, 2017
3. Record last updated Aug 6, 2024

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