CVE-2015-8398 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-04-11

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-8280	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0215.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537232/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39170/

History

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Subscriptions

Atlassian Confluence

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-11T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:13:32.581Z

Reserved: 2015-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8398

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-11T21:59:10.367

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:34:27.560

Link: CVE-2015-8398

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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