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CVE-2012-5055

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

DaoAuthenticationProvider in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not check the password if the user is not found, which makes the response delay shorter and might allow remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of login requests.

Affected products

• VMware Springsource Spring Security: through 2.0.6; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+8)

References

• http://support.springsource.com/security/CVE-2012-5055
• http://support.springsource.com/security/CVE-2012-5055

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