5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-8039
"Spring Web Flow EL Expression Injection Vulnerability"
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 27, 2017, 10:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8039 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pivotal spring_web_flow
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-8039.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100849 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8039 Issue Tracking Mitigation Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-8039 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-8039 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-254 CWE-1188
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100849 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100849 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8039 No Types Assigned https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8039 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
    Added CPE Configuration OR *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100849 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} 0.00%

score

0.54084

percentile

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