What is CVE-2018-5228?

CVE-2018-5228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Crucible, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-5228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Atlassian Crucible

CVE-2018-5228

The /browse/~raw resource in Atlassian Fisheye and Crucible before version 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the handling of response headers.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atlassian Crucible
Atlassian Fisheye
Atlassian Fisheye And Crucible — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jira.atlassian.com/browse/FE-7035 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104006 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRUC-8201 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5228?: CVE-2018-5228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Crucible, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-5228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.