CVE-2018-20232

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The labels widget gadget in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.11 and from version 7.7.0 before version 7.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rendering of retrieved content from a url location that could be manipulated by the up_projectid widget preference setting.

Affected products

Atlassian Jira: before 7.6.11 — fixed in 7.6.11
Atlassian Jira: from 7.7.0 before 7.13.1 — fixed in 7.13.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Jira 7.6.11; Atlassian Jira 7.13.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107023
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-68614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107023
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-68614

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