Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-18104 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Atlassian Jira

047910
CVSS 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
atlassian
CWE-200
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-07-24
Updated: 2022-03-25

Summary

The Webhooks component of Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.7 and from version 7.7.0 before version 7.11.0 allows remote attackers who are able to observe or otherwise intercept webhook events to learn information about changes in issues that should not be sent because they are not contained within the results of a specified JQL query.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Atlassian
457

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idJIRA_7_11_0.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the instance of Atlassian JIRA hosted on the remote web server is potentially affected by an information disclosure vulnerability due to webhook events being sent improperly due to issues in the related JQL filter.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id122593
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/122593
titleAtlassian JIRA < 7.6.7 / 7.7.x < 7.11.0 Information Disclosure
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(122593);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/07/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-18104");

  script_name(english:"Atlassian JIRA < 7.6.7 / 7.7.x < 7.11.0 Information Disclosure");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server hosts a web application that is potentially 
affected by an information disclosure.");
  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 an information disclosure vulnerability due to 
webhook events being sent improperly due to issues in the related
JQL filter.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-59980");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Atlassian JIRA version 7.6.7 / 7.11.0 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-2017-18104");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/02/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/25");
  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' : '7.6.7' },
  { 'min_version' : '7.7.0', 'fixed_version' : '7.11.0' }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

References