#VU21143 Cross-site scripting in Jira Software - CVE-2019-8444
Published: September 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21143
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8444
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Jira Software
Jira Software
Software vendor:
Atlassian
Atlassian
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists in the wikirenderer component due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in image attribute specification. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted comment or worklog, 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.