vulnerability

Atlassian JIRA: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2021-26078)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 7, 2021
Added
Jul 22, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

The number range searcher component in Jira Server and Jira Data Center before version 8.5.14, from version 8.6.0 before version 8.13.6, and from version 8.14.0 before version 8.16.1 allows remote attackers inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Solutions

atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_13_6atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_16_1atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_5_14
Title
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