#VU12770 Cross-site request forgery in Jira Software - CVE-2017-16862 

 

#VU12770 Cross-site request forgery in Jira Software - CVE-2017-16862

Published: May 16, 2018 / Updated: May 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12770
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16862
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Jira Software
Software vendor:
Atlassian

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack.

The weakness exists due to insufficient CSRF protections. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, gain access to the system and modify the "incoming mail" whitelist setting.

Remediation

Update to versions 7.7.0, 7.6.2 or 7.6.3.

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