What is CVE-2017-14587?

CVE-2017-14587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Fisheye And Crucible, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-14587?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Atlassian Fisheye And Crucible

CVE-2017-14587

The administration user deletion resource in Atlassian Fisheye and Crucible before version 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the uname parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atlassian Fisheye And Crucible — versions All versions prior to version 4.4.2
Atlassian Crucible
Atlassian Fisheye

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101266 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRUC-8112 (Vendor Advisory)
jira.atlassian.com/browse/FE-6933 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14587?: CVE-2017-14587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Fisheye And Crucible, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-14587?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.