CVE-2017-16856

MEDIUM

Atlassian Confluence < 6.5.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via RSS Feed Macro

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-54395

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102094

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 40.2%

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 (2)

atlassian/confluence < 6.5.2

Atlassian/Confluence All versions prior to version 6.5.2

Published Dec 05, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026