CVE-2020-36288 Cross-site scripting in Jira Data Center

What is CVE-2020-36288?

CVE-2020-36288 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 14 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The issue navigation and search view in Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.5.12, from version 8.6.0 before version 8.13.4, and from version 8.14.0 before version 8.15.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a DOM Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by parameter pollution.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36288?

It affects 4 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2020-36288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36288 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-2020-36288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-363q-pcwj-5wxw.