Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-16865 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Atlassian Jira

047910
CVSS 5.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
atlassian
CWE-918
nessus

Summary

The Trello importer in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to access the content of internal network resources via a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). When running in an environment like Amazon EC2, this flaw maybe used to access to a metadata resource that provides access credentials and other potentially confidential information.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Atlassian
431

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idJIRA_7_6_1.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the instance of Atlassian JIRA hosted on the remote web server is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id122596
published2019-03-05
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122596
titleAtlassian JIRA < 7.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(122596);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/07/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16865", "CVE-2017-18097", "CVE-2017-18098");

  script_name(english:"Atlassian JIRA < 7.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server hosts a web application that is potentially 
affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the instance of
Atlassian JIRA hosted on the remote web server is potentially 
affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to
    improper validation of user-supplied input before
    returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote
    attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click
    a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script
    code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2017-18097, 
    CVE-2017-18098)

  - A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability
    exists, allowing an attacker to potentially reveal
    sensitive internal data. (CVE-2017-16865)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-66642");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-67075");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-67076");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Atlassian JIRA version 7.6.1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-18098");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/01/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/05");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:atlassian:jira");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("jira_detect.nasl", "atlassian_jira_win_installed.nbin", "atlassian_jira_nix_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Atlassian JIRA");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');


app_info = vcf::combined_get_app_info(app:'Atlassian JIRA');

constraints = [
  { 'fixed_version' : '7.6.1' }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, flags:{xss:true});