Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-15944
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 28.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Gantt-Chart module before 5.5.5 for Jira. Due to missing validation of user input, it is vulnerable to a persistent XSS attack. An attacker can embed the attack vectors in the dashboard of other users. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker has to be authenticated.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/28997/gantt-chart-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2020-030.txt x_refsource_MISC
- 20200804 [SYSS-2020-030]: Jira module "Gantt-Chart for Jira" - Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79)(CVE-2020-15944) mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158752/Gantt-Chart-For-Jira-5.5.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html x_refsource_MISC