SB2013082003 - Cross-site scripting in Atlassian JIRA

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SB2013082003 - Cross-site scripting in Atlassian JIRA

Published: August 20, 2013 Updated: August 19, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2013082003
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5319)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in secure/admin/user/views/deleteuserconfirm.jsp in the Admin Panel in Atlassian JIRA before 6.0.5 when processing name parameter to secure/admin/user/DeleteUser. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References