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CVE-2016-6283

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6283 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Atlassian Confluence versions prior to 5.10.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the newFileName parameter in the doeditattachment.action page. Rated as a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1, it requires user interaction and could lead to limited data compromise and integrity impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-40989) exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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 Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40989 · Jan 4, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0383 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/140363/Atlassian-Confluence-5.9.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40989
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95288
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry