#VU17754 Cross-site scripting in Jira Software - CVE-2018-13403 

 

#VU17754 Cross-site scripting in Jira Software - CVE-2018-13403

Published: February 18, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17754
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-13403
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Jira Software
Software vendor:
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.


Remediation

The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 7.13.1, 7.6.10, 7.12.4, 8.0.0.

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