CVE-2019-11581

Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center: Server-Side Template Injection

As of , CVE-2019-11581 in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 7 March 2022
US federal deadline
7 September 2022184 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.85Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.95 on 7 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center contain a server-side template injection vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

CISA's description

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.

The CVE record's description, from atlassian

CVE published
9 August 2019
Assigned by
atlassian
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-74
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Jira Server and Data Center: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2021-26086Path TraversalAtlassian Jira Server and Data CenterPatch this weekEPSS 0.990.99

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