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CVE-2012-2926

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2926 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple Atlassian products, including JIRA, Confluence, FishEye, Crucible, Bamboo, and Crowd. It stems from improper restriction of third-party XML parser capabilities, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service through resource exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, enabling high impact on confidentiality and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code exists in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.4, < 3.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.5.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0, < 4.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1, < 4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
66.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37218 · May 17, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6658 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

confluence.atlassian.com / display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
PatchVendor Advisory
confluence.atlassian.com / display/CROWD/Crowd+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
PatchVendor Advisory
confluence.atlassian.com / display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
PatchVendor Advisory
confluence.atlassian.com / display/FISHEYE/FishEye+and+Crucible+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
PatchVendor Advisory
confluence.atlassian.com / display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 81993
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/49146
Not Applicable
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75682
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75697
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/53595
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry