Cross-site scripting in Atlassian Fisheye and Atlassian Crucible - CVE-2018-5228
Published: May 14, 2018 / Updated: May 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12615
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5228
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Atlassian
Affected software:
Atlassian Fisheye
Atlassian Crucible
Atlassian Fisheye
Atlassian Crucible
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The weakness exists in the /browse/~raw resource due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5228
Update to version 4.5.3 or 4.6.0.