Atlassian Confluence VelocityServlet Error Page XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62356

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The remote server hosts an install of Atlassian Confluence that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability related to the 'ConfluenceVelocityServlet.class' and error pages.

User-supplied input in a URL is not validated properly before being returned in an error page. This can result in an attacker-controlled script running in the user's browser.

Solution

Apply the vendor patches or update to Confluence version 4.1.9 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26366

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Sep/68

http://www.nessus.org/u?63d7633b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62356

File Name: confluence_error_page_xss.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: remote

Published: 9/27/2012

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence

Required KB Items: www/confluence

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2011

Reference Information

BID: 55509

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990