CVE-2018-20827 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The activity stream gadget in Jira before version 7.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the country parameter.

Published: 2019-08-09

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Atlassian

Jira

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 7.13.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13369	The activity stream gadget in Jira before version 7.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the country parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00756.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-69237

History

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Subscriptions

Atlassian Jira

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: atlassian

Published: 2019-08-09T19:31:05.597Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:30:50.061Z

Reserved: 2019-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20827

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-09T20:15:10.987

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:53:33.380

Link: CVE-2018-20827

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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