What is CVE-2015-8398?

CVE-2015-8398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2015-8398?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Atlassian Confluence

CVE-2015-8398

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence before 5.8.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to rest/prototype/1/session/check.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (67.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Atlassian Confluence
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

20160104 Confluence Vulnerabilities (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
39170 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8398?: CVE-2015-8398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-8398?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.