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.

MediumCVSS 6.1 EPSS 2.0% Public exploit

Published: 2016-04-12 00:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 03:34
Exploit status: Public exploit available

Description

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.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
atlassian confluence	<= 5.8.16	No fix listed

References

20160104 Confluence Vulnerabilities mailing-list
39170 exploit

CVSS v3.0

6.1 Medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

All scores (2)

v3.0 6.1 · nvd@nist.gov
v2.0 4.3 · nvd@nist.gov

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 2.05% (percentile 81.5)
CWE: CWE-79

Public exploit references

Metadata only. CVERadar never hosts or runs exploit code.

Atlassian Confluence 5.2/5.8.14/5.8.15 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Exploit · Exploit Database (OffSec) · 2016-01-05