CVE-2017-2337

ScreenOS: XSS vulnerability in ScreenOS Firewall

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 14, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:15 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsScreenosScreenOS

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A persistent cross site scripting vulnerability in NetScreen WebUI of Juniper Networks Juniper NetScreen Firewall+VPN running ScreenOS allows a user with the 'security' role to inject HTML/JavaScript content into the management session of other users including the administrator. This enables the lower-privileged user to effectively execute commands with the permissions of an administrator. This issue affects Juniper Networks ScreenOS 6.3.0 releases prior to 6.3.0r24 on SSG Series. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99590
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038881
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10782

CVSS

8.4HIGHjuniper
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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