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Atlassian Jira < 8.21.0 Broken Access Control (JRASERVER-73071)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157152

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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 broken access control vulnerability in its /secure/EditSubscription.jspa endpoint. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to add administrator groups to filter subscriptions.

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 8.21.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-73071

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157152

File Name: jira_8_21_0_jraserver-73071.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/27/2022

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43946

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 12/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43946

IAVA: 2022-A-0050-S