CVE-2017-4971
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Web Flow through 2.4.4. Applications that do not change the value of the MvcViewFactoryCreator useSpringBinding...
- Published
- Jun 13, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- dell
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 96.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Web Flow through 2.4.4. Applications that do not change the value of the MvcViewFactoryCreator useSpringBinding property which is disabled by default (i.e., set to 'false') can be vulnerable to malicious EL expressions in view states that process form submissions but do not have a sub-element to declare explicit data binding property mappings.
Sources
1Docker-based vulnerable environment for CVE-2017-4971 (Spring WebFlow RCE) to practice exploitation and security testing in a controlled lab setup.
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