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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902047
Category:Web application abuses
Title:Atlassian JIRA Privilege Escalation and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Summary:Atlassian JIRA is prone to privilege escalation and multiple cross; site scripting vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Atlassian JIRA is prone to privilege escalation and multiple cross
site scripting vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaws are caused because input passed to the

- 'element' or 'defaultColor' parameters to the 'Colour Picker' page,

- 'formName' and 'element' parameters and the 'full user name' field to the
'User Picker' and 'Group Picker' page,

- 'announcement_preview_banner_st' parameter to the 'Announcement Banner Preview' page,

- 'portletKey' parameter to 'runportleterror.jsp',
URL to 'issuelinksmall.jsp',

- 'afterURL' parameter to 'screenshot-redirecter.jsp',

- 'Referrer' HTTP request header to '500page.jsp'

- 'groupnames.jsp', 'indexbrowser.jsp', 'classpath-debug.jsp',
'viewdocument.jsp', and 'cleancommentspam.jsp' are not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.

It allows administrative users to change certain path settings, which can be
exploited to gain operating system account privileges to the server infrastructure.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let attackers to execute arbitrary script or
gain higher privileges.

Affected Software/OS:
Atlassian JIRA version 3.12 through 4.1

Solution:
Upgrade to the Atlassian JIRA version 4.1.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
9.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1164
BugTraq ID: 39485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39485
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/16/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/16/4
http://secunia.com/advisories/39353
XForce ISS Database: jira-element-xss(57827)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57827
XForce ISS Database: jira-groupnames-xss(57826)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57826
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1165
XForce ISS Database: jira-pathsettings-priv-escalation(57828)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57828
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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