QID 378988

Date Published: 2023-12-04

QID 378988: Atlassian Jira Service Management Extensible Markup Language (XML) External Entity (XXE) Injection Vulnerability (JSDSERVER-14401)

Jira Service Management is Atlassian's service management solution for all teams.

CVE-2019-13990: The affected Atlassian Jira Service Management versions contained vulnerable versions of Terracotta Quartz Scheduler which allowed authenticated attackers to initiate an XML External Entity injection attack using job descriptions.

Affected Versions: Jira Service Management versions: 4.20.0, 4.21.0, 4.20.1, 4.20.2, 4.20.3, 4.21.1, 4.20.4, 4.20.5, 4.20.6, 4.21.2, 4.20.7, 4.20.8, 4.20.9, 4.20.10, 4.20.11, 4.20.12, 4.20.13, 4.20.14, 5.4.0, 4.20.15, 5.4.1, 4.20.16, 5.5.1, 4.20.17, 5.4.2, 5.6.0, 5.4.3, 4.20.18, 5.7.0, 4.20.19, 5.4.4, 5.8.0, 4.20.20, 5.7.1, 4.20.21, 5.4.5, 4.20.22, 5.4.6, 5.8.1, 5.9.0, 4.20.23, 5.4.7, 4.20.24, 5.4.8, 5.10.0, 4.20.25, 5.4.9

QID detection Logic:
Windows: This QID checks for installed vulnerable ersion of Atlassian Jira Service Management (formerly named Jira Service Desk) by enumerating windows registries.
Linux: This QID checks for installed vulnerable version of Atlassian Jira Service Management (formerly named Jira Service Desk) using ps command.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allow attackers to initiate an XML External Entity injection attack using job descriptions.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Vendor has released the patch version for Jira Service Management. Customers are advised to refer to JSDSERVER-14401 for updates pertaining to this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    JSDSERVER-14401 URL Logo jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDSERVER-14401
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