#VU17754 Cross-site scripting in Jira Software - CVE-2018-13403
Published: February 18, 2019
Jira Software
Atlassian
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the name of a saved filter when displayed on a Jira dashboard. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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.