CVE-2018-5231

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The ForgotLoginDetails resource in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.6, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.4, from version 7.8.0 before version 7.8.4 and from version 7.9.0 before version 7.9.2 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack via sending requests to it.

Affected products

Atlassian Jira: before 7.6.6 — fixed in 7.6.6
Atlassian Jira: from 7.7.0 before 7.7.4; from 7.8.0 before 7.8.4; from 7.9.0 before 7.9.2 — fixed in 7.7.4, 7.8.4, 7.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Jira 7.6.6; Atlassian Jira 7.7.4, 7.8.4, 7.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104205
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-67290
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104205
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-67290

Get alerted when CVE-2018-5231 or the next vulnerability affects your stack