CVE-2012-2928

Description

The Gliffy plugin before 3.7.1 for Atlassian JIRA, and before 4.2 for Atlassian Confluence, does not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.93% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory atlassian.com Vendor Advisory atlassian.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49166 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17 mitigation vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/81993 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53595 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17 mitigation vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75697 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2928?
CVE-2012-2928 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2928?
To fix CVE-2012-2928, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2928 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2928 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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