CVE-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 newFileName parameter to pages/doeditattachment.action.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-01-18 22:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2016-6283

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6283

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6283

JSON object : View

Products Affected

atlassian

confluence

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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