{"id":"CVE-2017-4971","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-4971","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:45.447Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-06-13T06:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-08T17:13:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-1188"],"affected":["broadcom/spring web flow"],"epss":{"score":0.14688,"percentile":0.96648,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-20","score":0.14688,"percentile":0.96509},{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.11836,"percentile":0.95957},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.14688,"percentile":0.96511}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98785","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1700","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98785","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1700","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971","tags":["Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4971","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}