Atlassian Jira < 8.13.15 / 8.14.0 < 8.20.3 RCE (JRASERVER-73067)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157176

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is affected by a broken access control vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Atlassian Jira hosted on the remote web server is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability in its email template feature. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands.

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 8.13.15, 8.20.3, 8.21.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-73067

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157176

File Name: jira_8_21_0_jraserver-73067.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/28/2022

Updated: 4/29/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43947

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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: 12/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43947

IAVA: 2022-A-0050-S