{"id":"CVE-2017-5983","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5983","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:41:46.136Z","title":"The JIRA Workflow Designer Plugin in Atlassian JIRA Server before 6.3.0 improperly uses an XML parser and deserializer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, read arbitrary files, or cause a denial of service via a crafted serialized…","description":"The JIRA Workflow Designer Plugin in Atlassian JIRA Server before 6.3.0 improperly uses an XML parser and deserializer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, read arbitrary files, or cause a denial of service via a crafted serialized Java object.","published":"2017-04-10T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-502"],"affected":["atlassian/jira"],"epss":{"score":0.16244,"percentile":0.96929,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.07467,"percentile":0.94279},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.16373,"percentile":0.9682}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.16373,"from":0.07467,"percentile":0.9682},"summary":"EPSS moved from 7.5% to 16.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2017/04/amf.html","tags":["Technical Description"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97379","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira063/jira-security-advisory-2017-03-09-875604401.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-64077","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/307983","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2017/04/amf.html","tags":["Technical Description"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97379","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira063/jira-security-advisory-2017-03-09-875604401.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-64077","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/307983","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5983","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."}