{"id":"CVE-2017-2338","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-2338","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:30.620Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-07-17T13:18:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:16:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"sirt@juniper.net","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["juniper/screenos"],"epss":{"score":0.01078,"percentile":0.64865,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99590","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"sirt@juniper.net"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038881","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"sirt@juniper.net"},{"url":"https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10782","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"sirt@juniper.net"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99590","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038881","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10782","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2338","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}