Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8398

Title: Atlassian Confluence Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2015-8398

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Apr 11, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8398: 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.

Impacted Vendors

atlassian 1

mattermost 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8398 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39170

View Code

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 11, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.