CVE-2017-9505
mediumpriority · track · 17OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (2)
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- Atlassian Confluence Server≤ Versions of Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 are affected by this vulnerability.enisa_euvdEU
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560cnnvd
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170613-0_Atlassian_Confluence_Access_Restriction_Bypass_v10.txtcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99086cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99086enisa_euvd
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560enisa_euvd
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170613-0_Atlassian_Confluence_Access_Restriction_Bypass_v10.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99086Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560MitigationVendor Advisorynvd
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