Atlassian Confluence Server < 5.7 Reflected Static Content Injection

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9642

Synopsis

The remote Confluence server is affected by a reflected static content injection vulnerability.

Description

Versions of Confluence prior to 5.7 contain a flaw that exists in 'plugins/recently-updated/changes.action' that is triggered as input passed via the 'theme' parameter is not properly sanitized. This may allow a remote attacker to reflect arbitrary static content to the browser.

Solution

Upgrade to Confluence version 5.7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 9642

Family: CGI

Published: 10/14/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2015

Detections

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