CVE-2017-16856 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Atlassian Confluence versions prior to 6.5.2, specifically within the RSS Feed macro. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript by manipulating RSS properties used as links without proper scheme restrictions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction and could lead to information disclosure or defacement. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.