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Atlassian JIRA < 7.5.3 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122595

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is potentially affected by an XSS 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 in the PieChart Gadget. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary code in a user's browser session.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian JIRA version 7.5.3 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-66623

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122595

File Name: jira_7_5_3.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/5/2019

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

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-2017-16863

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: 1/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16863