CVE-2019-15053 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the "HTML Include and replace macro" plugin for Confluence Server versions prior to 1.5.0. It allows an authenticated attacker to bypass XSS protection mechanisms by injecting malicious code via an IFRAME element. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating that it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact and low integrity and availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting it is not being actively exploited in the wild. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are also minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.1, <= 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:html_include_and_replace_macro:*:*:*:*:*:confluence:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.