What is CVE-2017-18033?

CVE-2017-18033 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-18033?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

CSRF in Atlassian Jira

CVE-2017-18033

The Jira-importers-plugin in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to create new projects and abort an executing external system import via various Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-01-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atlassian Jira — versions All versions before 7.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/102744 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-66643 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18033?: CVE-2017-18033 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-18033?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.