CVE-2017-18102 Cross-site scripting in atlassian-renderer

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via nested wiki markup in the Atlassian renderer library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-18102?

CVE-2017-18102 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Server, published on 17 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The wiki markup component of atlassian-renderer from version 8.0.0 before version 8.0.22 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in nested wiki markup.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18102?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Jira Server.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18102?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18102 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2017-18102 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18102 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f82g-7j3w-739m.

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