Atlassian JIRA CVE-2017-16864 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabiliy

Bugtraq ID:	102505
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-16864
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 12 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 12 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	Atlassian JIRA 5.0.1 0 Atlassian JIRA 5.0 0 Atlassian JIRA 7.2.1 Atlassian JIRA 7.2 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.10 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.9 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.8 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.7 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.6 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.5 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.4 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.2 Atlassian JIRA 7.1.1 Atlassian JIRA 7.1 Atlassian JIRA 7.0.11 Atlassian JIRA 7.0.4 Atlassian JIRA 7.0.3 Atlassian JIRA 6.4.11 Atlassian JIRA 6.4.8 Atlassian JIRA 6.3.5 Atlassian JIRA 6.2.7 Atlassian JIRA 6.2.5 Atlassian JIRA 6.1.4 Atlassian JIRA 6.1.3 Atlassian JIRA 6.0.3 Atlassian JIRA 6.0.2 Atlassian JIRA 6.0 Atlassian JIRA 5.1.5 Atlassian JIRA 5.1.4 Atlassian JIRA 5.1.1 Atlassian JIRA 5.1 Atlassian JIRA 5.0.6 Atlassian JIRA 4.4.5 Atlassian JIRA 4.3.4 Atlassian JIRA 4.3.3 Atlassian JIRA 4.2.4 Atlassian JIRA 4.2.2 Atlassian JIRA 4.2.1 Atlassian JIRA 4.1.2 Atlassian JIRA 4.1.1 Atlassian JIRA 4.0.2 Atlassian JIRA 4.0.1 Atlassian JIRA 7.2.2 Atlassian JIRA 6.3 Atlassian JIRA 6.0.7 Atlassian JIRA 6.0.5 Atlassian JIRA 6.0.4 Atlassian JIRA 6.0.1 Atlassian JIRA 4.4 Atlassian JIRA 4.3 Atlassian JIRA 4.2 Atlassian JIRA 4.1 Atlassian JIRA 4.0
Not Vulnerable:	Atlassian JIRA 7.4.2

Atlassian JIRA CVE-2017-16864 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabiliy

Atlassian JIRA is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Atlassian Jira 7.4.2 are vulnerable.

Atlassian JIRA CVE-2017-16864 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabiliy

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Atlassian JIRA CVE-2017-16864 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabiliy

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Atlassian JIRA CVE-2017-16864 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabiliy

References:

• Jira Homepage (Atlassian)
  
• XSS through the orderby parameter in the issue search resource - CVE-2017-16864 (Atlassian)