vulnerability
Atlassian Confluence: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2017-16856)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Dec 5, 2017 | Apr 22, 2019 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 5, 2017
Added
Apr 22, 2019
Modified
Nov 27, 2024
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.
Solution
atlassian-confluence-upgrade-6_5_2
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