CVE-2020-36287 Missing authorization in Jira Data Center

What is CVE-2020-36287?

CVE-2020-36287 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 9 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The dashboard gadgets preference resource of the Atlassian gadgets plugin used in Jira Server and Jira Data Center before version 8.13.5, and from version 8.14.0 before version 8.15.1 allows remote anonymous attackers to obtain gadget related settings via a missing permissions check.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36287?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Atlassian Data Center, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Jira Data Center, Atlassian Jira Server.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36287 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-2020-36287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira

• CVE-2017-18113 Code injection in Jira Data Center High 8.8
• CVE-2021-41312 Auth bypass in Jira Data Center High 7.5
• CVE-2021-39123 Denial of service in Jira Data Center High 7.5
• CVE-2021-39113 Missing authorization in Jira Data Center High 7.5
• CVE-2021-43947 Code injection in Jira Data Center High 7.2

All Atlassian Jira vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-53qj-6rvh-pv6c.