XXE Vulnerability in Atlassian Crowd Affects File System Integrity
CVE-2017-18110

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Atlassian
Status
Crowd
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 March 2019

Summary

The administration backup restore feature of Atlassian Crowd prior to version 3.0.2, and from 3.1.0 to before 3.1.1, is susceptible to an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. This allows remote attackers to leverage the flaw to read sensitive files from the underlying filesystem, potentially exposing confidential data. It is crucial for users to update their systems to mitigate this security risk.

Affected Version(s)

Crowd < 3.0.2

Crowd 3.1.0

Crowd < 3.1.1

References

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-5070
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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