CVE-CVE-2024-21686 | HIGH Severity | CVEDatabase.com

Description

This High severity Stored XSS vulnerability was introduced in versions 7.13 of Confluence Data Center and Server. This Stored XSS vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.3, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code on a victims browser which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, no impact to availability, and requires user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions listed on this CVE See the release notes (https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html). You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center and Server from the download center (https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives). This vulnerability was reported via our Bug Bounty program.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-79CWE-79

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ATLASSIAN
Published: 7/16/2024
Last Modified: 3/19/2025
Source: NIST NVD
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Affected Products

atlassian : confluence_data_centeratlassian : confluence_data_centeratlassian : confluence_data_centeratlassian : confluence_serveratlassian : confluence_server

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