Atlassian Jira < 8.13.18 / 8.14.x < 8.20.6 / 8.21.x Authentication Bypass in Seraph (JRASERVER-73650)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 160077

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Atlassian Jira hosted on the remote web server is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication and authorization requirements in WebWork actions using an affected configuration.

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 8.13.18, 8.20.6, or 8.22.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe3420e8

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-73650

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 160077

File Name: jira_8_22_0_jraserver-73650.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/22/2022

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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: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: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0540

IAVA: 2022-A-0182-S