CVE-2008-6831

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Atlassian JIRA Enterprise Edition 3.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) fullname (Full Name) parameter in the ViewProfile page or (2) returnUrl parameter in a form, as demonstrated using secure/AddComment!default.jspa (aka "Add Comment").

Affected products

Atlassian Jira: 3.13

References

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2008-10-29
http://osvdb.org/49415
http://osvdb.org/49416
http://secunia.com/advisories/32113
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31967
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46167
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46168
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2008-10-29
http://osvdb.org/49415
http://osvdb.org/49416
http://secunia.com/advisories/32113
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31967

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