Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Atlassian Confluence < 5.10.6 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting EDB-40989 · webapps · Jan 4, 2017 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 95288 vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- 20170106 Re: Persisted Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Confluence Jira Software mailing-list
- 20170103 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Confluence Jira Software mailing-list
- 40989 exploit