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medium 6.1

CVE-2016-6285 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/decorators/global-translations.jsp in Atlassian JIRA before 7.2.2 allows remote attack…

published 2017-01-31 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7215

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/decorators/global-translations.jsp in Atlassian JIRA before 7.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP Host header.

Exploit prediction

2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/41 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • jira.atlassian.com https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-61888?src=confmacro&_ga=1.139403892.63283854.1485351777 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140548/Atlassian-Jira-7.1.7-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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