Atlassian JIRA up to 7.2.11/7.6.0 jqlQuery cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Atlassian JIRA up to 7.2.11/7.6.0. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument jqlQuery as part of Parameter results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-14594. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Atlassian JIRA up to 7.2.11/7.6.0 (Bug Tracking Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument jqlQuery as part of a Parameter leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The printable searchrequest issue resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.2.12 and from version 7.3.0 before 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the jqlQuery query parameter.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2017. The weakness was released 01/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at jira.atlassian.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-14594 since 09/19/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 25 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11969 (Atlassian JIRA jqlQuery Query Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (JRASERVER-66495)).

Upgrading to version 7.2.12 or 7.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• Atlassian

Name

• JIRA

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.2.9
• 7.2.10
• 7.2.11
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.atlassian.com/

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