What is CVE-2018-5232?

CVE-2018-5232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-5232?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Atlassian Jira

CVE-2018-5232

The EditIssue.jspa resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.7 and from version 7.7.0 before version 7.10.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the issuetype parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Atlassian Jira — versions unspecified, 7.7.0, unspecified
Atlassian Jira_server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@atlassian.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5232?: CVE-2018-5232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-5232?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.