CVE-2008-6831 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Atlassian JIRA Enterprise Edition 3.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) fullname (Full Name) parameter in the ViewProfile page or (2) returnUrl parameter in a form, as demonstrated using secure/AddComment!default.jspa (aka "Add Comment")

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Atlassian JIRA Enterprise Edition 3.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) fullname (Full Name) parameter in the ViewProfile page or (2) returnUrl parameter in a form, as demonstrated using secure/AddComment!default.jspa (aka "Add Comment")

Published Jun 8, 2009

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.26%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Atlassian JIRA Enterprise Edition 3.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) fullname (Full Name) parameter in the ViewProfile page or (2) returnUrl parameter in a form, as demonstrated using secure/AddComment!default.jspa (aka "Add Comment").

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.26% 0.01263

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01263

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.26% (0.01263)	68.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.26% (0.01263)	65.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.48% (0.00485)	63.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00275)	68.97th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00275)	67.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.27% (0.00275)	63.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	69.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (7)

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2008-10-29
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/49415
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/49416
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32113
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31967
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46167
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46168
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2008-10-29		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/49415		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/49416		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32113		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31967		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46167		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46168		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 8, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jun 8, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6831

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6831

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6831