Atlassian JIRA '500page.jsp' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27094
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-6617
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 24 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	Adam 'Pooh' Ryba is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Atlassian JIRA 3.12 Atlassian JIRA 3.10.2 Atlassian JIRA 3.6.5 Atlassian JIRA 3.6.4 Atlassian JIRA 3.11
Not Vulnerable:	Atlassian JIRA 3.12.1

Atlassian JIRA '500page.jsp' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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 script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

This issue affects JIRA 3.6.4, 3.6.5, 3.10.2, 3.11, and 3.12; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Atlassian JIRA '500page.jsp' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Atlassian JIRA '500page.jsp' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

Atlassian JIRA '500page.jsp' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• JIRA Security Advisory 2007-12-24 (Atlassian)
  
• JIRA Web Page (Atlassian)