Atlassian JIRA 6.1.x < 6.1.4 XSS

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9732

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts an application that is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack vector.

Description

The version of JIRA installed on the remote host is earlier than 6.1.4 and is affected by an unspecified flaw in the web interface that may allow an attacker to commit actions on behalf of any other authorized user, potentially with elevated privileges. No further details have been provided by the vendor.

Solution

Update to JIRA 6.1.x version 6.1.4 or later.

See Also

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2014-02-26

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-35797

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 9732

Family: CGI

Published: 11/4/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 73274

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:jira

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2014

Reference Information

BID: 65847