Allow cookie-less instance for security reasons

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-29687. panel Allow administrators to completely remove 'remember me' and disallow remembering usernames and passwords via HTML5...

https://jira.atlassian.com/500page.jsp

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for JIRA Server. Using JIRA Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-33042. panel this page shows all the data about JIRA instance to intruder. It makes it more vulnerable when you know the whole setup...

SSL Enabled but some link point to http:// instead of https://

This scenario will happen if enable both HTTP8090 and HTTPS8433 and 'Server Base Url' is set to HTTP. Reproduce procedures 1. Access confluence via HTTPS 2. Click menu 'Space' at the top menu 3. At 'Space Directory' page, click any of the menu at the left side eg. All spaces etc. then click link ...

Restrict access to personal pages and directory

We need to restrict access to personal pages and the directory. At present, there doesn't seem to be any way to do this. We have some guest accounts that we want to share a particular space with but unfortunately, we can not do that as all of the content in personal spaces and our directory are...

XSS in /secure/admin/AssociateProjectRepPath!default.jspa

fromScreen is passed unfiltered into the results page. Contents of the field persist through the "missing XSRF token" screen, so exploitation is trivial - just get your victim to click on the link without a token. noformat GET...

Activity stream not respecting parent page restrictions

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This bug report is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding bug report|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-28543. panel The Confluence Activity stream will display all pages that the user has access to according to the restrictions...

Security enhancement: do not allow POST parameters to be used in GETs

My company's security team ran a vulnerability scan against our JIRA and found this issue. They advised me to bring it to your attention as an opportunity to improve security. Summary: quote Some web frameworks collapse the POST and GET parameters into a single collection. This is a flawed design...

Default application configuration files are available for download

h3. Summary of The Bug By browsing to the following URL path user would be able to download any files under /confluence/WEB-INF/... code/s/1519/3/1.0//WEB-INF/...code The above URL will be accessible by any users including anonymous even to an instance that does not allow anonymous access h5. Not...

Default application configuration files are available for download

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This bug report is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding bug report|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-27693. panel h3. Summary of The Bug By browsing to the following URL path user would be able to download any files under...

persistent xss in a user's username within mentions within comments

A user's username is injected into the "rel" attribute of the user mention link without being encoded properly. This means that if the username contains a " character then new attributes can be injected into the user mention link element. Hence, providing a persistent xss vector. To reproduce thi...

Potential persistent xss in fixCaseInNotifications.jsp

There is a difficult to exploit XSS in fixCaseInNotifications.jsp. We could not get it to trigger, but there are some scenarios where unescaped data can be displayed through fix method correctName, userNameToFix. The relevant code is as follows: code NotificationCaseFixer caseFixer = new...

Accidental XSRF and DoS consumption-of-space issue

We experienced an unusual growth of our nonspaced attachments that appears to be a DoS vunerability both in an accidental way with a workaround and intentional not easily worked around. This is under Confluence 4.0, but appears to probably apply to 4.3.1 as well. It appears the growing nonspaced...

Session ID and remember me cookie should expire when LDAP user password is changed

Steps to reproduce Login as a normal Confluence user In another browser or in incognito mode, login as system administrator Go to Confluence Admin Manage Users and click on the user Click Set Password and set a different password for this user Refresh the page and the user can still access the pa...

As a JIRA System Administrator, I can instruct web browsers to not allow saving a user's password in the various login options, so that unauthorized users can not access the system.

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for JIRA Server. Using JIRA Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-29447. panel In some organisations, as part of a set of security requirements, it is required for compliant applications, to disallow users t...

XSS (reflected) in rankVMID parameter of GetRankPage.jspa

As per https://sdog.jira.com/browse/JSTDEV-2110 Targets:...

User can upload attachments to restricted pages that adopt restrictions from parent page

Users that should have no access to restricted pages that adopt restrictions from the parent page are able to upload attachments if they know the page ID. How to reproduce: 1. Create 2 users, user1 and user2 2. Create a page with user1 and set the page view and edit restrictions to "Me" 3. Create...

persistent xss through flash swf file attachment download

It is possible to upload a flash swf file which when the attachment 'download' url is visited the flash swf file is executed in the browser and as such can use ExternalInterface.call method to inject javascript defined in the swf file into the browser...

The "user" Dark Features page is vulnerable to XSRF/csrf

The "User Dark Features" page located at $host/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?selectedTab=jira.user.profile.panels:up-darkfeatures-panel allows users to add dark features which only affect themselves. However, it is not protected against XSRF attacks. Note: the 'value' of dark features is not properly...

admin/createMissingPersonalInfo.jsp lacks an XSRF token to trigger "build Personal Information objects"

admin/createMissingPersonalInfo.jsp doesn't require a csrf token to trigger "build Personal Information objects". When fixing this issue, please ensure that the JSP is converted to an action or deleted - we don't want to have to maintain our XSRF infrastructure in JSPs...

admin/createMissingPersonalInfo.jsp lacks an XSRF token to trigger "build Personal Information objects"

admin/createMissingPersonalInfo.jsp doesn't require a csrf token to trigger "build Personal Information objects". When fixing this issue, please ensure that the JSP is converted to an action or deleted - we don't want to have to maintain our XSRF infrastructure in JSPs...

Confluence does not respect HTTPS in Server Base URL when 301 redirecting

We have Confluence setup behind an Apache reverse proxy and our Server Base URL is set to "https://confluence...". However, when Confluence sends out a 301, it always sends the Location: http://confluence..., which then gets redirected by Apache to https://confluence... Confluence should respect...

deletion of a comment with a security setting sends a notification to all watchers and the history tab

As a non-atlassian developer, I saw a deletion notification for a comment that I was restricted from viewing. That seems like a security leak. It would be annoying if we're trying to hide discussion from certain users for them to see that the discussion is happening at all, it would raise questio...

deletion of a comment with a security setting sends a notification to all watchers and the history tab

As a non-atlassian developer, I saw a deletion notification for a comment that I was restricted from viewing. That seems like a security leak. It would be annoying if we're trying to hide discussion from certain users for them to see that the discussion is happening at all, it would raise questio...

Bamboo XML Vulnerability

We have identified and fixed a vulnerability in Bamboo that results from the way third-party XML parsers are used in Bamboo. This vulnerability allows an attacker to: Execute denial of service attacks against the Bamboo server, and Read all local files readable to the system user under which Bamb...

Disable browser password save on Admin page in Firefox

In Chrome, Safari and IE there is no browser prompt to store the password but on Firefox both Mac and Windows I get prompted to save the password. We are only concerned about this for the Admin page password prompt specifically...

Disable browser password save on Admin page in Firefox

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Cloud. Using Confluence Server? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-25008. panel In Chrome, Safari and IE there is no browser prompt to store the password but on Firefox both Mac and Windows I ge...

XSS Vulnerabilities in JIRA Attachments?

At the current moment, JIRA do not have any restrictions for attachment files, which allows users to upload malicious file into JIRA issues. This can be a problem when we open an attachments using Mozilla Firefox, since the browser allows us to open attachments using web browser. The steps to...

RSS feed over entire site gives information on restricted pages the user should not see

A customer has reported this issue via a comment on the documentation: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+RSS+Feeds?focusedCommentId=276627497comment-276627497 quote When someone has an RSS feed covering the whole Confluence instance, he is informed about changes in restrict...

Do not show registered users in quick search to anonymous users

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-23985. panel Registered users appears in quick search, even when it's a search made by anonymous...

make space admin able to see restricted pages in his own space

This is a request to make space admins able to see the content of restricted pages in their own spaces. Currently only confluence-administrators can do that...

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...

GeneralUtil.htmlEscapeQuotes should be annotated HtmlSafe

The GeneralUtil.htmlEscapeQuotes method outputs HTML and thus should be annotated as @HtmlSafe. Not doing so causes its output to be double escaped when automatic escaping is enabled for the plugin/velocity template...

On internal error, JIRA will display error information to the user (in the browser)

When JIRA bundled tomcat?? encounters an internal error it displays error information to the user in the browser. This can leak internal, possibly sensitive, information. It should report that there was an error and inform the user to contact their JIRA admin...

XSS Vulnerability in Issue Links and Labels

We have identified and fixed a number of cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in JIRA issue links and labels. Affected versions are 4.2.x to 4.3.x XSS vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a JIRA page. You can read more about XSS attacks at various...

Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery Security auditing tests performed on a Jira Bug Issue and Project Tracking Software locally running instance shown that the application is succeptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks within this URL: /jira/plugins/servlet/streamscomments This vulnerability enables...

XSRF vulnerability in the Social Bookmarking plugin

We have identified and fixed a cross-site request forgery XSRF vulnerability which may affect Confluence instances in a public environment. The XSRF vulnerability is exposed in the Confluence Social Bookmarking plugin. Note that the Social Bookmarking plugin is disabled by default. If you do not...

XSS vulnerability in doeditmysettings.action

This vulnerability affects all versions from 3.5 and above. We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Confluence settings editing action. XSS vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a Confluence page. You can read more...

"Forgot Password" feature should not reveal that a given username exists within Confluence for security reason

It is possible to see which user exists on Confluence or not from within "Forgot Password" link. This is bad for security reasons. If you enter a non-existant username, it currently warns "No user with that username exists". Instead, the feature should give same message, regardless of whether the...

As a developer or release manager I want to be able to create and manage versions in JIRA without having to be given project admin permissions

Currently JIRA only allows a user to create, release and generally manage versions in a project if the user is a project admin. However there are numerous use cases where developers, release managers, project managers, etc. need to be able to perform this function but don't need full admin rights...

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...

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 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:...

adding "Project Member" to User/Group/Projectrole options list for security level

I'm looking for a fast and easy way to handle security viewability of issues over all projects. Scenario is: We have setup the Jira company environment and several different projects. We have some external developers that are assinged to their specific projects. I did not yet use the security...

Implement salting of user passwords

Salting and Hashing of user passwords will require us to provide an upgrade path for users since all existing passwords will become invalid. This change should use the atlassian-security password encode library SEC-1...

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...

Confluence should not allow configuration of Office Connector temporary storage location

Earlier versions of Confluence allow the administrator to set the temporary storage location for the View File macro, part of the Office Connector. Provided an attacker has gained administrative access to the system in some way, they could then exploit this vulnerability to save malicious files...

Logout Button / Option Missing for some LDAP user accounts

Instance Details / Description: The logout option to kill sessions is not present for some user accounts i,e, the zzsvat01-05 test accounts. It is believed that this is caused by LDAP user accounts that don't have a first and / or last name present. For these specific rare instances i.e. probably...

XSS vulnerability in PDF export

We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Confluence action that performs the export to PDF. 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 o...