CVE-2017-18098 — The searchrequest-xml resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability through various fields

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MEDIUM

The searchrequest-xml resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability through various fields

Published Apr 6, 2018

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.85%

Description

The searchrequest-xml resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability through various fields.

Affected products

Vendor Atlassian Product Jira Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <7.6.1

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Atlassian

Jira

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<7.6.1

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.85% 0.00850

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00850

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.85% (0.00850)	56.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.85% (0.00850)	56.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.10% (0.00096)	40.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.10% (0.00095)	39.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00113)	43.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.78% (0.00785)	22.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.78% (0.00785)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103765
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-67075
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103765		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-67075		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory