CVE-2017-2335
ScreenOS: XSS vulnerability in ScreenOS Firewall
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- juniper
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Weakness
- persistent cross site scripting vulnerability
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-79
Affected products
Juniper Networks · ScreenOS
- affected 6.3.0 prior to 6.3.0r24
What to do
Workaround: Use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the firewall's WebUI only from trusted hosts.
References (3)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10782 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 99590 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-2335)Record last updated .