Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments
Published Jun 15, 2017
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.26%
Description
Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments. An attacker who can login to Confluence could receive workbox notifications, which contain the content of comments, for comments added to a page after they started watching it even if they do not have permission to view the page itself.
Affected products
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- Version Versions of Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 are affected by this vulnerability.StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlassian | Confluence Server | n/a |
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- ≥ 4.3 · < 6.2.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Oct 16, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01264) | 68.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01264) | 68.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 51.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 51.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 49.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99086 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560 x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170613-0_Atlassian_Confluence_Access_Restriction_Bypass_v10.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99086 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170613-0_Atlassian_Confluence_Access_Restriction_Bypass_v10.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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