Atlassian JIRA 500page.jsp Referer XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45578

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Description

The Atlassian JIRA installation hosted on the remote web server is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 500page.jsp file due to an HTTP 'referer' field not being properly sanitized before being displayed in the page. A remote attacker can exploit this, by tricking a user into making a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code.

This version of JIRA is also affected by additional vulnerabilities (cross-site scripting and privilege escalation); however, Nessus has not tested for these issues.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in the JIRA security advisory.

See Also

https://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/apache_org_04_09_2010

http://www.nessus.org/u?7437b837

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 45578

File Name: jira_500page_referer_xss.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Published: 4/20/2010

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: 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: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:jira

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Atlassian JIRA

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1164

BID: 39485

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990

SECUNIA: 39353