Atlassian Jira < 7.1.9 Role Name XSS (JRASERVER-61861)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135287

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is 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 prior to 7.1.9. It is, therefore, affected by a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the /project/ViewDefaultProjectRoleActors.jspa resource, due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Jira version 7.1.9 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135287

File Name: jira_7_1_9_jraserver61861.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/8/2020

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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-2016-4318

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 7/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4318

BID: 97516

Detections

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