CVE-2016-6283
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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.17% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 January 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- atlassian/confluence
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95288Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40989/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.