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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-4971 · published 13 June 2017

CVE-2017-4971: Broadcom spring web flow insecure default initialization vulnerability

Broadcom · Spring Web Flow

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.

5.9 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 15% · top 3.4% CWE-1188 · Insecure default initialization
5.9CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
15%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
8 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98785 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1700 Issue TrackingPatch
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971 MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98785 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1700 Issue TrackingPatch
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971 MitigationPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-4971), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.