{"cve":"CVE-2017-8039","nvd":{"published":"2017-11-27T10:29:00.847","modified":"2026-09-08T17:13:05.477","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":5.9},"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100849","https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8039","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100849","https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8039"],"products":["broadcom:spring_web_flow"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-8039","score":0.01133,"percentile":0.66475,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-q4v9-qjmw-j7vf","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q4v9-qjmw-j7vf","summary":"Insecure Default Initialization of Resource in Pivotal Spring Web Flow","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:27.439612Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.webflow:spring-webflow","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework.webflow/spring-webflow","ranges":["<2.4.6"],"fixed":["2.4.6"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}