XSRF documentation for Jira Software

Question

Hello, I am working with our security team on a vulnerability report for my Jira Software local instance. The tool, IBM App Scan, reports many cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities. However, it is likely that the majority, if not all, are false positives. Given that I don't want to go through each one individually to prove that they are false positives to our security (normal procedure here), I was wondering if there was a document or website link that I could point them to about Jira's built in XSRF protection?

I am using Jira Software 7.10.0.

Thanks!

Byron Douglas

Gonchik Tsymzhitov · Answer

Just interesting is it helpful if you use this app ?

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213129/prevent-anonymous-access?hosting=server&tab=overview

Thomas Douglas · Answer

Hi Gonchik, this link is more about turning CSRF off in Confluence. I need help specifically with Jira Software and CSRF attacks. Below is an example of a report (1 of 77) that the App Scan is reporting:

Severity: Medium

URL: https://d311271.cdc.gov:8443/secure/UpdateMyJiraHome.jspa

Entity: UpdateMyJiraHome.jspa

Risk: It may be possible to steal or manipulate customer session and cookies, which might be used to
impersonate a legitimate user, allowing the hacker to view or alter user records, and to perform
transactions as that user

Causes: Insufficient authentication method was used by the application
Fix: Validate the value of the "Referer" header, and use a one-time-nonce for each submitted form

Difference: Header manipulated from:
https://d311271.cdc.gov:8443/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa to:
http://bogus.referer.ibm.com

Reasoning: The test result seems to indicate a vulnerability because the Test Response is identical to
the Original Response, indicating that the Cross-Site Request Forgery attempt was
successful, even though it included a fictive 'Referer' header.

Thanks for any help.

Gonchik Tsymzhitov · Answer

Hi!

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-xsrf-protection-218276695.html

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov