CVE-2022-36801 Cross-site scripting in Jira Data Center

What is CVE-2022-36801?

CVE-2022-36801 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Data Center, published on 10 Aug 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 anonymous remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (RXSS) vulnerability in the TeamManagement.jspa endpoint. The affected versions are before version 8.20.8.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36801?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Atlassian Jira Data Center, Atlassian Jira Server.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36801?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36801 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-2022-36801 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira Data Center

• CVE-2021-26086 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Path Traversal Exploited Medium 5.3
• CVE-2022-0540 Auth bypass in Jira Core Server Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-36239 Deserialization in Jira Core Data Center Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-22167 Path traversal in Jira Software Data Center High 8.7
• CVE-2019-20419 Other in Jira Server High 7.8

All Atlassian Jira Data Center vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4p3f-v89g-m246.