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Atlassian Jira < 8.19.0 Broken Access Control (JRASERVER-72737)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157158

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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 the issue notification feature. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to receive updates on a Jira issue they have watched even after their Jira account is revoked.

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 8.19.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-72737

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157158

File Name: jira_8_19_0_jraserver-72737.nasl

Version: 1.6

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: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 8/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39119

IAVA: 2022-A-0050-S