CVE-2017-2336

Critical

Published: 17/07/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

A reflected cross site scripting vulnerability in the NetScreen WebUI of Juniper Networks Juniper NetScreen Firewall+VPN allows an attacker to inject HTML/JavaScript content into the management session of other users, including the administrator.

Risk Assessment

This enables the attacker to effectively execute commands with the permissions of an administrator, posing a significant security risk to the organization's systems and data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to ScreenOS version 6.3.0r24 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

A reflected cross site scripting vulnerability in NetScreen WebUI of Juniper Networks Juniper NetScreen Firewall+VPN running ScreenOS allows a network based attacker to inject HTML/JavaScript content into the management session of other users including the administrator. This enables the attacker to effectively execute commands with the permissions of an administrator. This issue affects Juniper Networks ScreenOS 6.3.0 releases prior to 6.3.0r24 on SSG Series. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.