CVE-2008-6531

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-03-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The WebWork 1 web application framework in Atlassian JIRA before 3.13.2 allows remote attackers to invoke exposed public JIRA methods via a crafted URL that is dynamically transformed into method calls, aka "WebWork 1 Parameter Injection Hole."

Affected products

Atlassian Jira: before 3.13.2 — fixed in 3.13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Jira 3.13.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2008-12-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/33084
http://www.osvdb.org/52707
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32746
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47211
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2008-12-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/33084
http://www.osvdb.org/52707
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32746
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47211

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