CVE-2017-18082 Cross-site scripting in Bamboo

What is CVE-2017-18082?

CVE-2017-18082 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Atlassian Bamboo, published on 2 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The plan configure branches resource in Atlassian Bamboo before version 6.2.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability through the name of a branch.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18082?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Bamboo.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18082?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18082 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2017-18082 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Bamboo

• CVE-2026-21589 Atlassian Multiple Products Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2022-26136 Auth bypass in Bamboo Data Center Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-5229 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-9757 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-8360 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-x2pw-fwh8-fw84.