The WYSIWYG editor resource in Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScr…

published 2020-07-01 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-6321

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

The WYSIWYG editor resource in Jira Server and Data Center before version 8.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript names via an Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability by pasting javascript code into the editor field.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center 8.8.2

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Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/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

Affected products

Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

jira.atlassian.com /browse/JRASERVER-71184
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-14164
NVD CVE-2020-14164

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