CVE-2017-16856
N/A
Published: December 5, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorConfluence
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
The RSS Feed macro in Atlassian Confluence before version 6.5.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in various rss properties which were used as links without restriction on their scheme.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Confluence· Atlassianatlassian-app
95%v < 6.5.2
Affected range stops below 6.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102094x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-54395Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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