Atlassian Confluence < 6.4.2 issuesURL Parameter Reflected XSS (CVE-2017-18086)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106948

Synopsis

A web application running on the remote host is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Atlassian Confluence application running on the remote host is prior to 6.4.2.
It is, therefore, affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in multiple resources that use the issuesURL parameter.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 6.4.2 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-54907

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106948

File Name: confluence_6_4_2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Published: 2/22/2018

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence

Required KB Items: www/confluence, Settings/ParanoidReport

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18086

BID: 103061