CVE-2017-9505 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-9505

Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Confluence Server
Vulnerable Versions:
Versions of Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 are affected by this vulnerability.

Timeline

Official Publish: June 15th, 2017
Last Modified: October 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.