CVE-2017-5532 [Medium] | XSS in Jasperreports Server

A vulnerability in the report renderer component of TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS, TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio for ActiveMatrix BPM may allow a subset of authorized users to perform persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Affected releases are TIBCO JasperReports Server 6.2.3 and below; 6.3.0; 6.3.1; 6.3.2; 6.4.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition 6.4.0 and below, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM 6.4.0 and below, TIBCO JasperReports Library 6.2.3 and below; 6.3.0; 6.3.1; 6.3.2; 6.4.0; 6.4.1, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM 6.4.1 and below, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy 6.4.0 and below, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS 6.4.0 and below, TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio 6.2.3 and below; 6.3.0; 6.3.1; 6.3.2; 6.4.0, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio for ActiveMatrix BPM 6.4.0 and below.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.28%	0.69%	+0.41%
2	2025-03-30	0.38%	0.28%	-0.10%
3	2025-03-29	—	0.38%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.28%

0.69%

+0.41%

2025-03-30

0.38%

0.28%

-0.10%

2025-03-29

—

0.38%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.4	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.2	4.2	[email protected]
5.4	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.3	2.7	[email protected]
3.5	2.0	LOW	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:S) A single authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	6.8	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.4

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H): Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.2

4.2

[email protected]

5.4

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.3

2.7

[email protected]

3.5

2.0

LOW

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S): A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

6.8

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-5532

vendor	priority	summary	link
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2017-5532 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jasperreports), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 14, ignored 4, needs-triage 3.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5532

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-5532

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
tibco	jasperreports_server	<= 6.2.3	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_server::::::::
tibco	jasperreports_server	6.3.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_server:6.3.0:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_server	6.3.1	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_server:6.3.1:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_server	6.3.2	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_server:6.3.2:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_server	6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_server:6.4.0:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_server	<= 6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_server:::community:::::*
tibco	jasperreports_server	<= 6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_server::::::activematrix_bpm::*
tibco	jasperreports_library	<= 6.2.3	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_library::::::::
tibco	jasperreports_library	6.3.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_library:6.3.0:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_library	6.3.1	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_library:6.3.1:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_library	6.3.2	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_library:6.3.2:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_library	6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_library:6.4.0:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_library	6.4.1	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_library:6.4.1:::::::*
tibco	jasperreports_library	<= 6.4.1	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jasperreports_library::::::activematrix_bpm::*
tibco	jaspersoft	<= 6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft::::::aws_with_multi-tenancy::*
tibco	jaspersoft_reporting_and_analytics	<= 6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft_reporting_and_analytics::::::aws::*
tibco	jaspersoft_studio	<= 6.2.3	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft_studio::::::::
tibco	jaspersoft_studio	6.3.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft_studio:6.3.0:::::::*
tibco	jaspersoft_studio	6.3.1	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft_studio:6.3.1:::::::*
tibco	jaspersoft_studio	6.3.2	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft_studio:6.3.2:::::::*
tibco	jaspersoft_studio	6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft_studio:6.4.0:::::::*
tibco	jaspersoft_studio	<= 6.4.0	cpe:2.3:a:tibco:jaspersoft_studio::::::activematrix_bpm::*

References for CVE-2017-5532

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101873	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2017/11/tibco-security-advisory-november-15-2017-tibco-jasperreports-2017-5532	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

URL

CVE-2017-5532 | TIBCO JasperReports persistent cross site scripting

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-5532

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-5532

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-5532

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-5532

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-5532

References for CVE-2017-5532