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Atlassian JIRA: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2018-20827)

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Atlassian JIRA: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2018-20827)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/09/2019
Created
08/22/2019
Added
08/21/2019
Modified
08/06/2021

Description

The activity stream gadget in Jira before version 7.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the country parameter.

Solution(s)

  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-7_0_0
  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-7_13_1

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