CVE-2018-5223 is a critical vulnerability affecting Atlassian Fisheye and Crucible on Windows, stemming from improper validation of Mercurial repository URIs. An authenticated attacker with repository addition privileges can exploit this flaw to achieve arbitrary code execution on the host system. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction once the repository is added. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low level of active exploitation or public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:fisheye:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:fisheye:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crucible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crucible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 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.