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Atlassian JIRA: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2021-39111)

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Atlassian JIRA: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2021-39111)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/30/2021
Created
09/08/2021
Added
09/07/2021
Modified
09/07/2021

Description

The Editor plugin in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.5.18, from 8.6.0 before 8.13.10, and from version 8.14.0 before 8.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the handling of supplied content such as from a PDF when pasted into a field such as the description field.

Solution(s)

  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_13_10
  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_18_2
  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_5_18

References

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