CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-9505

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments. An attacker who can login to Confluence could receive workbox notifications, which contain the content of comments, for comments added to a page after they started watching it even if they do not have permission to view the page itself.

How to fix

Remediation Available
Confluence Long Term SupportWindows application
Affected:4.3 6.2.1Fixed in:6.2.1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days
66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory1

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