Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability
Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center contain a server-side template injection vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.
A remote attacker, without authentication, can achieve full data confidentiality loss, arbitrary modification of data, complete denial of service or system unavailability. Federal agencies are required to remediate by 2022-09-07 under CISA BOD 22-01.
This is a Software Vulnerability (CWE-74) (CWE-74) vulnerability in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center. There was a server-side template injection vulnerability in Jira Server and Data Center, in the ContactAdministrators and the SendBulkMail actions. An attacker is able to remotely execute code on systems that run a vulnerable version of Jira Server or Data Center. All versions of Jira Server and Data Center from 4.4.0 before 7.6.14, from 7.7.0 before 7.13.5, from 8.0.0 before 8.0.3, from 8.1.0 before 8.1.2, and from 8.2.0 before 8.2.3 are affected by this vulnerability. Exploitation requires remote network access, low attack complexity, no authentication required, and no user interaction required.
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CISA added this CVE to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-07 based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. Federal agencies required to remediate by 2022-09-07.
Manual remediation steps
Apply the Vendor Patch
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — apply the vendor's security update as soon as possible.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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