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Atlassian Jira < 8.5.5 / 8.6.x < 8.8.2 / 8.9.x < 8.9.1 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138838

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is affected by a Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Atlassian Jira hosted on the remote web server is prior to 8.5.5, or version 8.6.x prior to 8.8.2, 8.9.x prior to 8.9.1. It is, therefore, affected by a multiple Cross-Site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

 - Remote attackers can inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in issue attachments. (CVE-2020-4022)
 - Remote attackers can inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in issue attachments with a vnd.wap.xhtml+xml content type. (CVE-2020-4024)
 - Remote attackers can inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in issue attachments with a rdf content type.
 (CVE-2020-4025)

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 8.5.5, 8.8.2, 8.9.1, 8.10.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-71107

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-71113

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-71114

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138838

File Name: jira_8_9_1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/22/2020

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-4022

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-4022, CVE-2020-4024, CVE-2020-4025

IAVA: 2020-A-0284-S