CVE-2017-16864
The issue search resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to...
The issue search resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the orderby parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The issue search resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the orderby parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-16864- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The issue search resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the orderby parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-16864- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-8038 No score
The issue search resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the orderby parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2017-8038- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w4pp-24v3-vhg4
The issue search resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to...
The issue search resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the orderby parameter.
- Record
GHSA-w4pp-24v3-vhg4- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16864 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Atlassian Jira, published January 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.