Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-6285 is a reflected XSS issue in Atlassian JIRA before 7.2.2. An attacker could cause Jira to return attacker-controlled script or HTML through the HTTP Host header. Business impact depends on who views the affected response, but Jira often contains sensitive project, engineering, and operational data. Exposure is most likely in self-managed Atlassian JIRA deployments running versions earlier than 7.2.2, especially internet-facing instances or instances reachable by untrusted users. Atlassian-hosted or newer supported deployments are not shown as affected by the provided sources. Treat this as a cleanup priority for any legacy Jira still in service. It is not cited as actively exploited, but exposed Jira can hold sensitive business data and the fix boundary is old, making unresolved exposure a governance and operational hygiene issue. Mitigation focus: Upgrade affected JIRA deployments to 7.2.2 or a later supported fixed version.; Review Atlassian advisory and release notes for vendor-specific remediation guidance.; Restrict public access to legacy Jira instances until remediation is complete..
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- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-61888?src=confmacro&_ga=1.139403892.63283854.1485351777CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjira/jira-platform-releases/jira-7-2-x-platform-release-notes#JIRA7.2.xplatformreleasenotes-7-2-2CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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