[CONFSERVER-22402] XSS vulnerability in login.action

Type: Bug
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: Medium
Fix Version/s: 3.5.3
Affects Version/s: 3.5
Component/s: None
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We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Confluence login action.

XSS vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to embed their own JavaScript into a Confluence page. You can read more about XSS attacks at various places on the web, including these:

cgisecurity.com: http://www.cgisecurity.com/articles/xss-faq.shtml
The Web Application Security Consortium: http://projects.webappsec.org/Cross-Site+Scripting

This issue is reported in our security advisory on this page:
https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/aAI5Dg

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Assignee:: VitalyA

Reporter:: paulwatson (Inactive)

Affected customers:: 0 This affects my team

Watchers:: 3 Start watching this issue

Created:: 28/Apr/2011 4:55 AM

Updated:: 11/Oct/2018 9:09 AM

Resolved:: 31/May/2011 7:45 AM

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