What is CVE-2017-18040?

CVE-2017-18040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Bamboo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-18040?

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

XSS in Atlassian Bamboo

CVE-2017-18040

The viewDeploymentVersionCommits resource in Atlassian Bamboo before version 6.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the name of a release.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-02-02 · 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: 0.006 (47.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atlassian Bamboo — versions prior to 6.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-19661 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103070 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18040?: CVE-2017-18040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Bamboo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-18040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.