SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-8399

Atlassian Confluence before 5.8.17 allows remote authenticated users to read configuration files via the decoratorName parameter to (1) spaces/viewdefaultdecorator.action or (2) admin/viewdefaultdecorator.action.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 4.3EPSS 60.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Atlassian Confluence before 5.8.17 allows remote authenticated users to read configuration files via the decoratorName parameter to (1) spaces/viewdefaultdecorator.action or (2) admin/viewdefaultdecorator.action.

CVSS 3.0
4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
60.24% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 5 January 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
atlassian/confluence
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%33%65%21 September 2026: 26.86%22 September 2026: 60.24%4 November 2026: 60.24%21 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 26.9% on 21 September 2026 to 60.2% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-39170source ↗Atlassian Confluence 5.2/5.8.14/5.8.15 - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesxml · Sebastian Perezwebapps5 January 2016no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.