CVE-2016-6283
published 2017-01-18CVE-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…
PriorityP336medium6.1CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
3.83%
88.8th percentile
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.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| atlassian | confluence | <= 5.10.5 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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VulDB
Atlassian Confluence 5.9.12 Attachment doeditattachment.action newFileName Persistent cross site scripting (EDB-40989 / ID 11618)
vuldb·2026-05-14·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-6283 [MEDIUM] Atlassian Confluence 5.9.12 Attachment doeditattachment.action newFileName Persistent cross site scripting (EDB-40989 / ID 11618)
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Atlassian Confluence 5.9.12. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /pages/doeditattachment.action of the component Attachment Handler. Such manipulation of the argument newFileName with the input a lert(1)file leads to cross site scripting (Persistent).
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6283. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.
You should upgrade the affected component.
GHSA
GHSA-g266-84x9-9m56: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence before 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2016-6283 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-g266-84x9-9m56: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence before 5
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.
No detection rules found.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/
2017-01-18
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