XSS vulnerability in Bookmarks macro

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Confluence bookmarks macro. XSS vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a Confluence page. You can read more about XSS attacks at various places on the web, including these:...

XSS in filter.subscription.prefix.monthDay parameter of /secure/FilterSubscription.jspa

http://172.16.230.130:8080/secure/FilterSubscription.jspa?filter.subscription.prefix.interval=180&groupName=jira-users&filter.subscription.prefix.runFromMins=00&nextRun=&filter.subscription.prefix.runToMins=00&filter.subscription.prefix.runToMeridian=pm&filter.subscription.prefix.week=2&filter.su...

Intermittent Session Lost During Add/Edit Page in Firefox

We customized Seraph to integrate with our SSO Server. Seraph will perform session validation through cookies. When using firefox, we found that in 1 out of 5 to 8 times when we edit a page or add a new page, we will lose our session and be directed back to the login page. This does not happen in...

Patches for XSS / XSRF vulnerabilities

We have identified and fixed vulnerabilities in JIRA 4.2 which will allow an attacker to invoke XSS Cross Site Scripting attacks and/or Cross Site Request Forgery XSRF attacks. Full details of the severity, risks and vulnerabilities can be found in the JIRA Security Advisory...

Google Chrome shows mixed content warning

Hello, when JIRA is requested via https with Google Chrome 6.0.472.63 on all URLs of JIRA https is in red, crossed out and a padlock with red cross is shown with this description: "Your connection is encrypted with 128-bit encryption. However, this page includes other resources which are not...

XSS vulnerability in Office Connector

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Confluence Office Connector. An attacker might take advantage of the vulnerability to steal other users' session cookies or other credentials, by sending the credentials back to such an attacker's own web server. An...

Page view restriction is not inheriting to child pages in some spaces

When a new page is created using the create-page macro the child page does not have restrictions inherited. This is only happening for a few spaces. If I try the same macro in another space it will work fine. I have rebuilt the ancestors table but this issue is still happening. Please advise...

Page view restriction is not inheriting to child pages in some spaces

When a new page is created using the create-page macro the child page does not have restrictions inherited. This is only happening for a few spaces. If I try the same macro in another space it will work fine. I have rebuilt the ancestors table but this issue is still happening. Please advise...

Can't set visibility on comment created via Activity Stream Gadget

I can't restrict the visibility of an comment created via the activity stream gadget. In our environment it is important for us to have this feature available everywhere where users are able to create comments on issues...

Potential attack vector using attachments

Suspicious handling of attachment uploads with filenames containing quotes the quoted ended up being repeated and semicolons semicolon and all subsequent characters were stripped from filename...

XSS vulnerability in Confluence Space Names

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Confluence Space Names. An attacker might take advantage of the vulnerability to steal other users' session cookies or other credentials, by sending the credentials back to such an attacker's own web server. An attacker's te...

Secure Administrator Sessions feature can be bypassed

In some circumstances an attacker may be able to craft a request to a Confluence server that bypasses the additional layer of security added by the new Secure Administrator Sessions feature introduced in Confluence 3.3. This would allow an attacker to perform administrative functions on Confluenc...

XSS vulnerability in Clickr theme

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Confluence Clickr theme. An attacker might take advantage of the vulnerability to steal other users' session cookies or other credentials, by sending the credentials back to such an attacker's own web server. An attacker...

Password strength measurement and restriction

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for JIRA Server. Using JIRA Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-21358. panel Enable password strength rules to tell the user the effective strength of the password they choose optionally allow administrato...

Password strength measurement and restriction

Enable password strength rules to tell the user the effective strength of the password they choose optionally allow administrators to restrict the minimum strength of passwords chosen by users be pluggable Currently you can enforce password strength by using JIRA with Crowd...

The system paths are to be locked down to the JIRA Home directory

Currently JIRA allows you to change system file paths at runtime. While convenient, this allowed an attacker to elevate his/her stolen system admin access into a situation where he/her can execute arbitrary code. A decision has been made to remove the ability to set the paths at run time. For new...

XSS vulnerability in some JSPs under admin section

Several JSPs found under the admin section of Confluence have been found to be vulnerable to XSS attacks. This issue corrects those problems. This issue is rated HIGH. Please refer to http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/ZILmD for information on other security related issues and more information on...

Only strings are encoded

The XML encoder only encodes strings. This could make Confluence return non encoded content. This issue is rated HIGH. Please see http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/ZILmD for more security related issue and more information on how we rate issues...

The list of Confluence administrators is accessible via a URL

Confluence exposes a list of the administrators. This issue corrects this by removing the list and providing the user with a form that can be used to send e-mail to all the relevant administrators on the user's behalf...

Brute force protection on JIRA 4.1 leaks valid account names

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for JIRA Server. Using JIRA Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-21036. panel The brute force login protection in JIRA only activates when a real user account is accessed. This can be used by an attacker to...

500page.jsp contains HTTP Header XSS vulnerability

The 500page.jsp contains an XSS vulnerability via the 'Referrer' HTTP header...

issuelinkssmall.jsp has an XSS hole via the URL used to access it

The issuelinkssmall.jsp has an XSS hole, where if the URL contains an XSS string, the ww:url tag will include that tag in the page because the value attribute was left empty...

runportleterror.jsp contains XSS hole

The runportleterror.jsp contains an XSS attach vector via the unescaped 'portletKey' URL parameter. The parameter should be escaped properly...

Custom fileds inconsistently escaped in view and edit screens

Steps to replicate: Create a custom field and name it Hithere On view issue screens, the field appears as Hithere On edit issue screen, the field appears as Hithere on red font I guess we need to make a decision on which one is the desired functionality allow HTML or not and make it consistent...

JQL breaks issue security levels based on custom fields

The MultiSelectCustomFieldIndexer does 2 things: index but don't store a case-folded version in the field "customfield10017:retail" store a "raw" version in a new field with the raw added to the end "customfield10017raw:Retail" The problem is that com.atlassian.jira.security.type.GroupCF looks fo...

Version number

I notice that the JIRA footer displays the current version of JIRA. Revealing the specifics of the revisions of software that you run in production is generally considered a bad security practice. Is there a reason that it is displayed openly to all users in licensed versions of the product? Is i...

Version number

I notice that the JIRA footer displays the current version of JIRA. Revealing the specifics of the revisions of software that you run in production is generally considered a bad security practice. Is there a reason that it is displayed openly to all users in licensed versions of the product? Is i...

Confluence adminsistrators can still view a restricted page if the type in the URL or click on a link in an email

If I set page viewing restrictions on a wki page to one group of which I am a member, other users, including confluence adminsistrators, cannot see the page when navigating within the application. If they type in the URL of the restricted page or click on a link to the restricted page, then can...

deleted page is still accessible in Confluence when accessing via viewpage.action?pageId in the url

Deleted pages can still be accessed in Confluence when one enters their pageId in the url. For example: noformat http://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=196837485 http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Office+Connector noformat The links above are referring to the sam...

Logout is not working on QA-EAC

Select 'Log Out' from the user menu. Note that you haven't been logged out...

Upgrade to the latest version of Seraph and Trusted Applications library

Andreas needs to make some improvements to trusted-application behaviour for Gadgets. In order to do this, we need to first get onto the latest version of Seraph where Trusted Applications is split out into a separate library. Also, the new version of Seraph uses a version of oscore library|SER-1...

XSS vulnerability in space name when page move would create a duplicate

Create a space called alert"XSS"; Find a page named 'Home' in a different space Move this page, choosing the previously created space as the destination The move will fail due to the duplicate page name, and the script will be run...

Viewfile macros do not respect page restrictions

Add a page Set viewing restrictions to user1 only Add an attachment - 'Sample.doc' Log in as user2 - confirm that you cannot see the restricted page Add a page, and use the viewfile macro Enter the location of the attachment on the restricted page The contents of the attachment can now be viewed ...

Jiraissues add icon mapping configuration is susceptible to XSS

Combined with XSRF susceptibility via CONF-15753; you can craft an attack to get elevated privileges in Confluence. !http://img.skitch.com/20090520-x5gug8e8q5snabtmm2i2kdx1p.jpg!...

Shared Filter properties exposed without authentication

Some URLs are not protected by authentication which could expose some properties in JIRA that users may not wish to reveal. Example 1: Searching filters http://support.atlassian.com/secure/ManageFilters.jspa?filterView=search Example 2: Viewing properties of filters. I can see custom fields, sear...

Partial space admin permission/authority

I followed these guidelines, but this is not fine grained enough. http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+OverviewGlobalPermissionsOverview-confluenceadmin We need to prevent space admin adding new permission to their space. We prefer to manage space permission by the...

Bright Cove User Macro-Cross-site script

Our e-security found the following error after they scanned the Bright Cove User Macro: Number System/Location Defect Type Status R4 Bright Cove User Macro Client-side Attacks: Cross-site Scripting Open Description Security Risk: It is possible to steal or manipulate customer session and cookies,...

Cache Plugin -Cross-site script error

Our e-security department found the error below after scanning the Cache Plugin: Number System/Location Defect Type Status R3 Cache Plugin Client-side Attacks: Cross-site Scripting Open Description Security Risk: It is possible to steal or manipulate customer session and cookies, which may be use...

Impropper sanitisation of attachment filenames allows header injection

An attacker can craft a specific attachment filename, or rename the file once it has been uploaded to introduce arbitrary headers into the response stream...

Redirect that works in 2.9 is broken in later Confluence versions

Adding a .jsp containing the following code will work in 2.9, but produces an exception in 2.10 when a parameter such as osdestination is supplied: code code Example URL: http://localhost:8080/confluence/login2.jsp?osdestination=%2Fdashboard.action Typical exception: quote...

Confluence displays ALL attachments when the following URL is viewed

i removed the space key from the URL for the normal space attachment viewing, and it displays all the attachments for all spaces in the install of Confluence, Irrispecitve of space and page level permission restrictions. For Example:...

Inserted image filenames are not escaped properly as thumbnails

When you insert an image as a thumbnail into a wiki page, the generated HTML does not properly escape the filename...

Confluence administrators (who are not necessarily sys admins) can configure whitelist

A user who has the "Confluence Administrator" permission, but not necessarily the "System Administrator" permission, can configure the new URL whitelist for the HTML-include and RSS macros. Is this good enough, from a security point of view?...

Restrict anonymous users from viewing user profiles.

Even if I start Confluence with -Dconfluence.disable.peopledirectory.anonymous=true, it is still possible to browse individual users by visiting a URL like https://wikiBaseUrl/display/accountName. This is a major security problem for us because it exposes: 1. The user's name 2. The user's ID 3. T...

It's possible to execute a workflow action without being logged in.

To reproduce, open Jira in two browser windows. In the first, navigate to an issue with an available workflow action. In the second, log out. In the first, perform one of the workflow actions. You'll see a page asking you to log back in, but the action has still been performed. To see this, in th...

default config values restored

This should be for 2.9.1 - this version was not yet available under "affects versions" when filing this bug. After updating from 2.9 to 2.9.1, most of my settings were overwritten by their default values. - public signup got enabled - the language changed back to english instead of german - e-mai...

The TrustedApplicationsFilter doesn't work for /rpc/* URLs

The sessioninview filter doesn't cover rpc URLs I think because this meant that RPC actions didn't show up in the DB until the response what completely written This means that lazily loaded data returned by the HibernateTrustedApplicationDao causes problems when the TrustedApplicationsFilter trie...

Do not release details about securrity vulnerabilities until after the fix was available for a reasonable period of time

It is an unfortunate practice at Atlassian to as a part of release notes release all the information, often including example exploits|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9350, about security vulnerabilities that were fixed in the version being released. This gives us great headaches because: w...

Security Vulnerability in xwork, need to update to fixed version

see http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-003 confluence currently using v1.0.3. 1.0.x branch was not yet patched so we cannot upgrade straight away. Don B is working on releasing the fix...

XSS using onerror

We had a user enter a viagra ad that actual redirected to their site. I think the offending code was here: although obviously they didn't use example.com I've attached the whole page for examination...