CVE-2017-16856

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1

Description

The RSS Feed macro in Atlassian Confluence before version 6.5.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in various rss properties which were used as links without restriction on their scheme.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-16856

Assigner
security@atlassian.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-12-05T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2017-12-19T13:16:25

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence::::::::	1	OR		6.5.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.1

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-54395	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102094	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16856
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16856

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:55:01				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:39:13	2017-12-05T16:29Z	2017-12-05T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:39:13		2017-12-19T13:16:25	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:39:13		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated