Atlassian Jira 8.0 < 8.9.1 XSS in Quick Search (JRASERVER-71205)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140660

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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 version 8.x prior to 8.9.1. It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the quick search component due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, 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 8.9.1, 8.10.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140660

File Name: jira_8_10_0_jraserver_71205.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/21/2020

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-2020-14169

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: 6/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14169

Detections

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