CVE-2017-16856

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting (XSS)3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUM
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Atlassian Confluence
Timeline
PublishedDec 5
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5atlassian/confluenceAll versions prior to version 6.5.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7x5g-hwfp-5cwv: The RSS Feed macro in Atlassian Confluence before version 6↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16856: The RSS Feed macro in Atlassian Confluence before version 6↗2017-12-05
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CVE-2017-16856 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.1) | The RSS Feed macro in Atlassian Con | cvebase.io