CVE-2017-9505

Description

Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments. An attacker who can login to Confluence could receive workbox notifications, which contain the content of comments, for comments added to a page after they started watching it even if they do not have permission to view the page itself.

Weakness classification

• CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Primary references

• security@atlassian.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• security@atlassian.com — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
• security@atlassian.com — Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory