Is CVE-2017-4971 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-4971 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-4971?

CVE-2017-4971 has a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2017-4971?

Patch guidance is available from pivotal security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2017-4971.

CVE-2017-4971 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2017-4971?

4 products: pivotal spring web flow, pivotal spring web flow, pivotal spring web flow, pivotal spring web flow.

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 Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: high
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-1188

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PIVOTAL
Published: 6/13/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

pivotal : spring_web_flowpivotal : spring_web_flowpivotal : spring_web_flowpivotal : spring_web_flow

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD