CVE-2017-4971 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Pivotal Spring Web Flow through version 2.4.4. It allows for malicious Expression Language (EL) injection in view states that process form submissions, specifically when the MvcViewFactoryCreator useSpringBinding property is left at its default 'false' setting and explicit data binding property mappings are not declared. The attack requires high attack complexity but can lead to high integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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