Atlassian Confluence 4.3.x < 6.2.1 Access Restriction Bypass using watch notifications

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113655

Synopsis

Atlassian Confluence 4.3.x < 6.2.1 Access Restriction Bypass using watch notifications

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Atlassian Confluence application running on the remote host is prior to version 6.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by access restriction bypass using watch notifications which may permit an attacker to receive workbox notifications containing the content of new comments to a page, even if they do not have permission to view the page itself.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 6.2.1 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 113655

Type: remote

Published: 3/6/2023

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9505

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9505

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9505

BID: 99086