Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw affects Atlassian Fisheye and Crucible before 4.8.0. A remote attacker could remove another user’s project favourite setting. The documented impact is nuisance-level integrity damage to user preferences, not system takeover or data theft.
Executive priority
Treat as low urgency unless exposed to untrusted users. Upgrade during normal patching, because the known impact is unauthorized preference modification rather than data breach or service compromise.
Technical view
CVE-2019-15009 is an improper authorization issue in /json/profile/removeStarAjax.do. Sources state affected Fisheye and Crucible versions before 4.8.0 allowed remote attackers to remove another user’s favourite setting for a project.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running Atlassian Fisheye or Crucible before 4.8.0 where the application is reachable by potential attackers.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing, active exploitation, exploit tooling, or broader compromise capability. Evidence only supports unauthorized removal of another user’s project favourite setting.
Researcher notes
The source bundle lacks CVSS, CWE, authentication details, and full authorization context. Do not infer broader account, project, or repository impact beyond the stated favourite-setting removal.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Atlassian Fisheye and Crucible to version 4.8.0 or later.
- Review Atlassian issue records CRUC-8443 and FE-7252 for vendor guidance.
- Limit access to affected instances if immediate upgrade is not possible.
- Prioritize remediation above routine maintenance only if exposed to untrusted users.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Fisheye and Crucible instances and record deployed versions.
- Flag any instance running a version earlier than 4.8.0.
- Confirm whether affected applications are reachable by untrusted networks or users.
- Review logs for unexpected access to the affected profile resource.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
- No
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRUC-8443CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/FE-7252CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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