CVE-2017-4971: Data Binding Expression Vulnerability

June 13, 2017 (updated October 3, 2019)

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.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98785
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4971
jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1700
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4971
pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-4971

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