What is CVE-2018-0059?

CVE-2018-0059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Netscreen Screenos, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-0059?

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

XSS in Juniper Netscreen Screenos

CVE-2018-0059

A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the graphical user interface of ScreenOS may allow a remote authenticated user to inject web script or HTML and steal sensitive data and credentials from a web administration session, possibly tricking a follow-on administrative user to perform administrative actions on the device. Affected releases are Juniper Networks ScreenOS 6.3.0 versions prior to 6.3.0r26.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Juniper Netscreen_screenos — versions 6.3.0, 6.3.0r1, 6.3.0r2
Juniper Networks Screenos — versions 6.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0059?: CVE-2018-0059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Netscreen Screenos, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-0059?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.