Spring Security Authorize Tag - HTTP Status 500

Question

I'm trying to hide or show some parts of the .jsp page using the authorize tag. I have tried the bellow code, hasRole, isAuthenticated() or anything else gives error:

HTTP Status 500 - org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An exception occurred processing JSP page

<sec:authorize access="hasRole('USER')">
    show something
</sec:authorize>

Spring Security configs:

<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
    xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security.xsd">
    <http auto-config="true" >
        <intercept-url pattern="/" access="permitAll" />
        <intercept-url pattern="/home/**" access="hasRole('USER')" />
        <intercept-url pattern="/user/profile/**" access="hasRole('USER')" />
        <form-login  login-page="/login" username-parameter="ssoId" password-parameter="password" authentication-failure-url="/Access_Denied" />
        <csrf/>
    </http>
    <authentication-manager >
        <authentication-provider>
        <jdbc-user-service data-source-ref="dataSource"
          users-by-username-query=
            "select USER_NAME, USER_PASS, USER_ENABLED from USERS where USER_NAME=?"
          authorities-by-username-query=
            "select USER_NAME, USER_ROLE from USER_ROLES where USER_NAME=?" />
        </authentication-provider>
    </authentication-manager>
</beans:beans>

HTTP Status 500 - javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.security.web.context.support.SecurityWebApplicationContextUtils.findWebApplicationContext(Ljavax/servlet/ServletContext;)Lorg/springframework/web/context/WebApplicationContext;

type Exception report

message javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.security.web.context.support.SecurityWebApplicationContextUtils.findWebApplicationContext(Ljavax/servlet/ServletContext;)Lorg/springframework/web/context/WebApplicationContext;

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.security.web.context.support.SecurityWebApplicationContextUtils.findWebApplicationContext(Ljavax/servlet/ServletContext;)Lorg/springframework/web/context/WebApplicationContext; org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:555) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:461) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:396) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:340) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:168) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:303) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1244) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1027) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:971) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:893) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:966) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:857) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:622) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:842) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:316) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:126) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:90) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:114) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:122) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:111) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:169) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:48) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:158) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:205) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:120) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.csrf.CsrfFilter.doFilterInternal(CsrfFilter.java:96) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:64) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:53) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:91) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:213) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:176) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:344) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:261)

root cause

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.security.web.context.support.SecurityWebApplicationContextUtils.findWebApplicationContext(Ljavax/servlet/ServletContext;)Lorg/springframework/web/context/WebApplicationContext; org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:909) org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:838) org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.views.home_jsp._jspService(home_jsp.java:221) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:438) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:396) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:340) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:168) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:303) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1244) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1027) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:971) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:893) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:966) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:857) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:622) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:842) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:316) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:126) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:90) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:114) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:122) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:111) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:169) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:48) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:158) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:205) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:120) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.csrf.CsrfFilter.doFilterInternal(CsrfFilter.java:96) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:64) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:53) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:91) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:213) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:176) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:344) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:261)

root cause

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.security.web.context.support.SecurityWebApplicationContextUtils.findWebApplicationContext(Ljavax/servlet/ServletContext;)Lorg/springframework/web/context/WebApplicationContext; org.springframework.security.web.context.support.SecurityWebApplicationContextUtils.findRequiredWebApplicationContext(SecurityWebApplicationContextUtils.java:46) org.springframework.security.taglibs.authz.AbstractAuthorizeTag.getExpressionHandler(AbstractAuthorizeTag.java:205) org.springframework.security.taglibs.authz.AbstractAuthorizeTag.authorizeUsingAccessExpression(AbstractAuthorizeTag.java:127) org.springframework.security.taglibs.authz.AbstractAuthorizeTag.authorize(AbstractAuthorizeTag.java:99) org.springframework.security.taglibs.authz.JspAuthorizeTag.doStartTag(JspAuthorizeTag.java:54) org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.views.home_jsp._jspx_meth_sec_005fauthorize_005f0(home_jsp.java:315) org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.views.home_jsp._jspService(home_jsp.java:162) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:438) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:396) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:340) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:168) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:303) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1244) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1027) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:971) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:893) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:966) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:857) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:622) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:842) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:316) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:126) org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:90) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:114) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:122) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:111) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:169) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:48) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:158) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:205) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:120) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.csrf.CsrfFilter.doFilterInternal(CsrfFilter.java:96) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:64) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:53) org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:91) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:213) org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:176) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:344) org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:261)

Answer 1

I found where the problem was, i was using a bit lower version of spring framework.