CVE-2024-12056
Client Secret not checked with OAuth Password grant type
The Client secret is not checked when using the OAuth Password grant type.
By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could connect to a web server using a client application not explicitly authorized as part of the OAuth deployment. Exploitation requires valid credentials and does not permit the attacker to bypass user privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Client Secret not checked with OAuth Password grant type
The Client secret is not checked when using the OAuth Password grant type.
By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could connect to a web server using a client application not explicitly authorized as part of the OAuth deployment. Exploitation requires valid credentials and does not permit the attacker to bypass user privileges.
- Record
CVE-2024-12056- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/RE:M/U:Green - Weakness
- CWE-358
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-50561
The Client secret is not checked when using the OAuth Password grant type.
By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could connect to a web server using a client application not explicitly authorized as part of the OAuth deployment. Exploitation requires valid credentials and does not permit the attacker to bypass user privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2024-50561- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/RE:M/U:Green - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mc9v-rq2q-h4r4
The Client secret is not checked when using the OAuth Password grant type. By exploiting this...
The Client secret is not checked when using the OAuth Password grant type.
By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could connect to a web server using a client application not explicitly authorized as part of the OAuth deployment. Exploitation requires valid credentials and does not permit the attacker to bypass user privileges.
- Record
GHSA-mc9v-rq2q-h4r4- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:Green - Weakness
- CWE-358
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Client secret is not checked when using the OAuth Password grant type.
By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could connect to a web server using a client application not explicitly authorized as part of the OAuth deployment. Exploitation requires valid credentials and does not permit the attacker to bypass user privileges.
- Record
CVE-2024-12056- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:Green - Weakness
- CWE-358
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-12056 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.3) in Arcinfo Pcvue, published December 4, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.