Medium severity · published Jan 18, 2017
CVE-2016-6283
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence before 5.10.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the newFileName parameter to…
6.1
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence before 5.10.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the newFileName parameter to pages/doeditattachment.action.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Confluence · Atlassian
through 5.10.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6283
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6283
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/
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