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Atlassian Confluence: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2016-6283)

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Atlassian Confluence: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2016-6283)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/18/2017
Created
04/24/2019
Added
04/22/2019
Modified
03/08/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • atlassian-confluence-upgrade-5_10_6

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