CVE-2019-8445 Missing authorization in Jira

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can view worklog time information in Jira due to missing permissions checks in REST resources.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-8445?

CVE-2019-8445 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Server, published on 23 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Several worklog rest resources in Jira before version 7.13.7, and from version 8.0.0 before version 8.3.2 allow remote attackers to view worklog time information via a missing permissions check.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8445?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Jira Server.

How do I fix CVE-2019-8445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2019-8445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Atlassian Jira Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7qfx-qq39-2q2j.

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