Description
Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments. An attacker who can login to Confluence could receive workbox notifications, which contain the content of comments, for comments added to a page after they started watching it even if they do not have permission to view the page itself.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99086
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560
Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170613-0_Atlassian_Confluence_Access_Restriction_Bypass_v10.txt
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
60.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-276
Status
published
Products (2)
atlassian/confluence
4.3 - 6.2.1
Atlassian/Confluence Server
Versions of Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 are affected by this vulnerability.
Published
Jun 15, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026