CVE-2017-4971

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4971
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-13 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-1188 | Data Binding Expression Vulnerability in Spring Web Flow


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pivotal Spring Web Flow 2.4.0 All All All
Application Pivotal Spring Web Flow 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pivotal Spring Web Flow 2.4.2 All All All
Application Pivotal Spring Web Flow 2.4.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Spring Web Flow affected Spring Web Flow Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SWF-1700] CVE-2017-4971: Avoid use of SpEL parser for empty value expressions - Spring JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jira.spring.io Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE-2017-4971: Data Binding Expression Vulnerability in Spring Web Flow | Security | Pivotal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pivotal.io Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Pivotal Spring Web Flow CVE-2017-4971 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377315 Spring Web Flow Data Binding Expression Vulnerability
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