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CVE-2017-8039

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8039 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Pivotal Spring Web Flow through version 2.4.5. It allows for the execution of malicious Expression Language (EL) expressions in view states that process form submissions without explicit data binding property mappings, specifically when the MvcViewFactoryCreator useSpringBinding property remains at its default 'false' setting. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9, indicating a network-based attack with high attack complexity and high impact on integrity, but no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.webflow:spring-webflowFixed in: 2.4.6
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: jasperreports-server-pro

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-q4v9-qjmw-j7vfmedium

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource in Pivotal Spring Web Flow

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-8039Moderate

spring-webflow: Data Binding Expression Vulnerability in Spring Web Flow

Sep 15, 2017

References

pivotal.io / security/cve-2017-8039
Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100849
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry