5.9

CVE-2017-4971: broadcom spring_web_flow

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-fg9w-cffm-pmh2
Published 13-06-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-4971 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in broadcom spring_web_flow. EPSS estimates a 14.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
14.69%
0%100%
Medium · -2.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

14.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-2.08 pp

From 16.77% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
14.69%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Broadcom1 product
Org.springframework.webflow1 product
  • spring-webflow≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links