CVE-2018-5232 — The EditIssue.jspa resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.7 and from version 7.7.0 before version 7.10.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the issuetype parameter

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The EditIssue.jspa resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.7 and from version 7.7.0 before version 7.10.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the issuetype parameter

Published Jul 18, 2018

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.01%

Description

The EditIssue.jspa resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.7 and from version 7.7.0 before version 7.10.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the issuetype parameter.

Affected products

Vendor Atlassian Product Jira Default
n/a
- Version
  7.7.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <unspecified
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <7.10.1
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <7.6.7

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
7.7.0	affected	<unspecified
unspecified	affected	<7.10.1
unspecified	affected	<7.6.7

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.01% 0.01008

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01008

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 1, 2026	1.01% (0.01008)	61.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.01% (0.01008)	61.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.11% (0.00114)	45.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00114)	45.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00113)	43.08th	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	0.52% (0.00523)	12.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.52% (0.00523)	0.00th	v1