We have identified and fixed a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the action links of Confluence's attachments lists. All versions from 2.7 to 3.4.7 are affected.
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/MgCzDQ
The page also includes detailed patch instructions.
[CONFSERVER-21766] XSS vulnerability in the action links of Confluence's attachments lists.
Workflow | Original: JAC Bug Workflow v3 [ 2894836 ] | New: CONFSERVER Bug Workflow v4 [ 2985785 ] |
Workflow | Original: JAC Bug Workflow v2 [ 2781485 ] | New: JAC Bug Workflow v3 [ 2894836 ] |
Status | Original: Resolved [ 5 ] | New: Closed [ 6 ] |
Workflow | Original: JAC Bug Workflow [ 2714822 ] | New: JAC Bug Workflow v2 [ 2781485 ] |
Workflow | Original: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 - TEMP [ 2380787 ] | New: JAC Bug Workflow [ 2714822 ] |
Workflow | Original: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 [ 2272327 ] | New: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 - TEMP [ 2380787 ] |
Workflow | Original: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5.1 - TEMP [ 2216710 ] | New: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 [ 2272327 ] |
Workflow | Original: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 - TEMP [ 2168899 ] | New: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5.1 - TEMP [ 2216710 ] |
Workflow | Original: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 [ 1928417 ] | New: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 - TEMP [ 2168899 ] |
Workflow | Original: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v3 [ 1729275 ] | New: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v5 [ 1928417 ] |
Workflow | Original: CONF Bug Subtask WF (TEMP) [ 1686926 ] | New: Confluence Workflow - Public Facing - Restricted v3 [ 1729275 ] |