CVE-2015-8398

MEDIUM

Confluence < 5.8.16 - Cross-Site Scripting via PATH_INFO to rest/prototype/1/session/check

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-8398. PoCs published by Sebastian Perez.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The document describes two vulnerabilities in Atlassian Confluence: a reflected XSS (CVE-2015-8398) and an Insecure Direct Object Reference (CVE-2015-8399). It includes PoC URLs for both vulnerabilities but does not contain executable exploit code.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence before 5.8.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to rest/prototype/1/session/check.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Sebastian Perez · textwebappsxml
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39170

The document describes two vulnerabilities in Atlassian Confluence: a reflected XSS (CVE-2015-8398) and an Insecure Direct Object Reference (CVE-2015-8399). It includes PoC URLs for both vulnerabilities but does not contain executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Xss | Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Atlassian Confluence 5.2 / 5.8.14 / 5.8.15 / 5.9.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target Confluence server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537232/100/0/threaded
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39170/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0230
EPSS Percentile 81.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
atlassian/confluence < 5.8.16
Published Apr 11, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026