# CVE-2019-15001: Code injection in Jira Data Center

> Administrators can achieve remote code execution via template injection in the Jira Importers Plugin, requiring immediate upgrades.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Sep 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v4p4-65gh-94f7

## What is CVE-2019-15001?

CVE-2019-15001 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, published on 19 Sep 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Jira Importers Plugin in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Cente from version with 7.0.10 before 7.6.16, from 7.7.0 before 7.13.8, from 8.0.0 before 8.1.3, from 8.2.0 before 8.2.5, from 8.3.0 before 8.3.4 and from 8.4.0 before 8.4.1 allows remote attackers with Administrator permissions to gain remote code execution via a template injection vulnerability through the use of a crafted PUT request.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15001?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Atlassian Jira Data Center, Atlassian Jira Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-15001?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15001 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-15001 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira Data Center

- [CVE-2021-26086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26086/): Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Path Traversal (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0540/): Auth bypass in Jira Core Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-36239](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36239/): Deserialization in Jira Core Data Center (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-22167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22167/): Path traversal in Jira Software Data Center (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2019-20419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20419/): Other in Jira Server (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-15001 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-15001 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, published on 19 Sep 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Atlassian Jira Data Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15001/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15001/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15001
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15001
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15001

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15001/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.