What is CVE-2017-8080?

CVE-2017-8080 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Hipchat Server, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-8080?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Atlassian Hipchat Server

CVE-2017-8080

Atlassian Hipchat Server before 2.2.4 allows remote authenticated users with user level privileges to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving image uploads.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2017-05-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atlassian Hipchat Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98262 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
confluence.atlassian.com/hc/hipchat-server-security-advisory-2017-04-24-8942348… (Vendor Advisory)
jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-2980 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8080?: CVE-2017-8080 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Hipchat Server, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-8080?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.