Path traversal in Jira Service Management Server - CVE-2019-15004
Published: November 7, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22573
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15004
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the Customer Context Filter. A remote attacker with portal access can send a specially crafted HTTP request and view all issues within all Jira projects contained in the vulnerable instance. This could include Jira Service Desk projects, Jira Core projects, and Jira Software projects.
Note: Attacker can grant themselves access to Jira Service Desk portals that have the "Anyone can email the service desk or raise a request in the portal" setting enabled.
Affected software
Jira Service Management Server
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15004
Install updates from vendor's website.
Jira Service Management Server - addressed in versions 3.9.17, 3.16.9, 4.2.6, 4.3.5, 4.4.3, 4.5.1