Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-6283

Title: Atlassian Confluence Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-6283

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Jan 18, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-6283: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence before 5.10.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the newFileName parameter to pages/doeditattachment.action.

Impacted Vendors

atlassian 1

mattermost 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/

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