What is CVE-2020-14169?

CVE-2020-14169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-14169?

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

XSS in Atlassian Jira

CVE-2020-14169

The quick search component in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center before 8.9.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Jira Server And Data Center — versions unspecified
Atlassian Jira Software Data Center

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-71205 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14169?: CVE-2020-14169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Jira, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-14169?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.