XSS vulnerability in a user's comment

We have identified and fixed a stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the FishEye user profile. Affected versions are all versions earlier than 2.5.5 XSS vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a Confluence page. You can read more about XSS attac...

XSS vulnerability in user's profile display name

We have identified and fixed a stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the FishEye user profile. Affected versions are all versions earlier than 2.5.5 XSS vulnerabilities allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a FishEye page. You can read more about XSS attacks at various...

Actions doeditpage,domovepage,docreatepage do not require XSRF token

When checking the application for security leaks, I found that the actions doeditpage, domovepage and docreatepage explicitly set the requireSecurityToken=false in the xwork.xml. This could be a possible leak in an attack scenario. Is there a reason, why these actions should not require the...

View PDF Macro in Office Connector makes http fetch from Adobe from https session

The View PDF macro within the Office Connector plugin provides the following http URL even for https sessions when a user's browser fails the Flash installed test. http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/downloadbuttons/getflashplayer.gif It's bad form to mix http urls in with secured https sessions a...

Better error message when viewing an embedded calendar as an unprivileged user

On our site's dashboard I have a calendar macro defined as: codecalendar:id=8f564b4b-afed-4ceb-b206-2e426f595648,a80c628d-5155-40bc-8a55-0874fb77bf71code The result is something that looks like this: !User with View Rights.JPEG! After using the new features from TEAMCAL-102 to restrict view acces...

Enable X-FRAME-Options header to implement clickjacking protection

TLDR: Add X-FRAME-Options: SAMEORIGIN to all HTTPS pages server config, and test that nothing breaks. --- Description: Current HTTP headers do not contain the X-FRAME-Option, which helps prevents against Clickjacking attacks. A Clickjacking attack is similar to CSRF in which attacker can hijack a...

Enumeration of usernames possible in Jira

We found enumeration of usernames to be possible in Jira 4.3.4 despite the login failure message not revealing whether it was the username or password that was incorrect. After 3 failed login attempts a captcha appears only if the user exists, otherwise not. This allows an attacker to enumerate t...

Web Sudo should be able to be subverted for non browsers (eg scripts) via a HTTP header

We do this for XSRF protection. Basically you should be able to subvert the web sudo mechanism via a HTTP header. This posts shows the use case https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/1273/jira-jelly-runner-via-cron-in-v4-3-4 I believe it just as secure since web sudo is really design to stop som...

Admin JSPs don't have XSRF protection

As well as a number of XSS bugs which were recently fixed in CONF-22568, the JSPs contained in Confluence don't support the same XSRF protection which our actions use. We should convert this functionality over to actions and only use JSPs to deliver patches to customers, not for proper...

Make captcha harder, or allow configuration of captcha difficulty, in order to prevent sophisticated spam attacks

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Cloud. Using Confluence Server? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-22700. panel Every day we get a load of automated anonymous comment spam on our confluence pages. It seems that the captcha is...

HTML file type attachments are automatically rendered in IE.

h1. Steps to reproduce Create following HTML file and upload to any of Confluence page. code alert"Cookie: " + document.cookie; code Open the file on Internet Explorer 7. Then, you will see the javascript in that HTML file executed automatically. Issue happens with IE9,8,7 with Confluence 3.5...

HTML file type attachments are automatically rendered in IE.

h1. Steps to reproduce Create following HTML file and upload to any of Confluence page. code alert"Cookie: " + document.cookie; code Open the file on Internet Explorer 7. Then, you will see the javascript in that HTML file executed automatically. Issue happens with IE9,8,7 with Confluence 3.5...

XSS vulnerability in Crucible Author Mapping

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Crucible Author Mapping. Affected versions are Crucible 2.4.5 to 2.5.0 inclusive. XSS vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a FishEye/Crucible page. You can read more about XSS...

Seraph in Confluence 3.5 environment no longer able to instantiate custom authenticator

Customer using custom authenticator no longer works in Confluence 3.5 despite updates to latest API, latest Atlassian SDK, and building against Confluence 3.5 and embedded Crowd. See attached error log from customer. In brief, error is: noformat Caused by:...

Searching within restricted pages/spaces

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-22074. panel This is the issue reference:...

XSRF token broken when you edit an Issue Type Scheme

If you click the Edit link beside the currently selected Issue Type Scheme on a Project Summary page and then click Save on the next screen you get an XSRF token missing error...

Cache Crowd Authentication on the client side

Jira is very chatty with Crowd, see: https://support.atlassian.com/browse/CWDSUP-4148 One request is sent to crowd per request into jira. Something like: com.atlassian.crowd.integration.service.cache.CacheAwareAuthenticationManager should be used. We have a similar issue with Confluence...

XSS vulnerability in the action links of Confluence's attachments lists.

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the action links of Confluence's attachments lists. All versions from 2.7 to 3.4.7 are affected. XSS vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a Confluence page. You can read more about...

Admin menu items displayed to non-admins when accessing "Global Templates" page

When accessing the "Global Templates" menu as a non-admin, the navigation controls for the administration panel are displayed. The links cannot be used without entering new credentials, but it would be more consistent to hide the links from non-admins, just as we hide "System Administrator" links...

XSS vulnerability in Create Space Button macro

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Confluence create-space-button 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...

XSS vulnerability in Recently Updated macro

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Confluence recently-updated 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 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...

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...

xss vulnerability in issuelinksmall.jsp

Thanks to NASA / JPL for discovering this: Cross-Site Scripting XSS related to http://oursite/jira/includes/snippets/issuelinksmall.jsp?%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22XSS%22%29%3C/script%3E=has...

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...

autocomplete box in page restrictions finds deleted users, wrong usernames

We recently migrated our user management from JIRA to Crowd, our Confluence instance used to link to JIRA for authentication, and now links to Crowd. We now found that, when editing the restrictions on individual pages, the autocomplete feature in that dialog acts strange: Users that have been...

Remove database passwords from the file system.

Currently if you connect Jira to an external database, you must store the database credentials on the file system either in the server.xml file Jira standalone, or in an equivalent file. This has security implications. Can we modify the application to not store this information on the file system...