Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Nov 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8039
CVE-2017-8039
Description
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Web Flow through 2.4.5. 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-4971.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.webflow:spring-webflowMaven | < 2.4.6 | 2.4.6 |
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_web_flow:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100849nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4v9-qjmw-j7vfghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8039ghsaADVISORY
- pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8039nvdIssue TrackingMitigationVendor AdvisoryWEB
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