Vulnerability · Published Feb 15, 2022 · Assigned by atlassian

CVE-2021-43953

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Jira Data Center from Atlassian. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow unauthenticated remote attackers to toggle the Thread Contention and CPU monitoring settings via a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the /secure/admin/ViewInstrumentation.jspa endpoint. The affected versions are before version 8.13.16, and from version 8.14.0 before 8.20.5.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Atlassian Jira Server unspecified – before 8.13.16next of 8.14.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.20.5
Atlassian Jira Data Center unspecified – before 8.13.16next of 8.14.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 8.20.5

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