CVE-2021-43953 Cross-site request forgery in Jira Data Center
Unauthenticated attackers can toggle monitoring settings via CSRF, requiring administrators to upgrade Jira Server or Data Center.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-43953?
CVE-2021-43953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, published on 15 Feb 2022. 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
Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow unauthenticated remote attackers to toggle the Thread Contention and CPU monitoring settings via a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the /secure/admin/ViewInstrumentation.jspa endpoint. The affected versions are before version 8.13.16, and from version 8.14.0 before 8.20.5.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-43953?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Atlassian Data Center, Atlassian Jira.
How do I fix CVE-2021-43953?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-43953 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-43953 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43953 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j485-xjwc-7p25.