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Atlassian JIRA 7.x.x < 7.13.1 / 8.0.0 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (SB18-141)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128522

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is potentially affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Atlassian JIRA hosted on the remote web server is potentially affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the activity stream gadget does not properly sanitize input to the country parameter before returning it to users. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to create a specially crafted request that executes arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server. (CVE-2018-20827)

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian JIRA version 7.13.1 or 8.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-69237

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128522

File Name: jira_8_0_0_cve-2018-20827.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/5/2019

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20827

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:jira

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Atlassian JIRA

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20827