CVE-2017-4971
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 14.69% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Affected
- broadcom/spring web flow
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
EPSS moved from 14.7% on 20 September 2026 to 14.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98785Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1700Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98785Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1700Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.