Under some circumstances a user with access rights limited according to the field security scheme may be able to access a hidden field and/or modify a read-only field via the REST API.
This issue affects only security features provided by Fields Security Plugin and does not affect any core JIRA features.
This vulnerability is rated as Critical according to Atlassian's Severity Levels for Security Issues.
This issue affects all JFS versions for JIRA 7.0-8.2 starting from JFS 1.4.31_70 and up and is fixed in JFS 1.4.53 for JIRA 7.2-8.2.
Upgrade to JFS 1.4.53. There is no need to re-apply the JFS patch.
Please contact support@quisapps.com in case of any questions.
If you are still using JIRA 7.0 or 7.1, please contact support@quisapps.com.
Consider upgrading to more recent versions of JIRA and JFS.