Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-36287

Medium

Published: 09 April 2021

Published
09 April 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.6266 98.4th percentile
Risk Priority 48 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-36287 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Atlassian Data Center. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The dashboard gadgets preference resource of the Atlassian gadgets plugin used in Jira Server and Jira Data Center before version 8.13.5, and from version 8.14.0 before version 8.15.1 allows remote anonymous attackers to obtain gadget related settings via a missing…

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CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

atlassian
data center
≤ 8.13.5
atlassian
jira
≤ 8.13.5
atlassian
jira data center
8.14.0 — 8.15.1
atlassian
jira server
8.14.0 — 8.15.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandates authorization checks before permitting access or data processing via external systems.

References