CVE-2012-6342

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in logout.action in Atlassian Confluence 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that logout the user via a comment.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.19%
Vendor Advisory atlassian.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0066.html mailing list broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524217/30/450/threaded mailing list exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/116829/Atlassian-Confluence-3.0-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.halock.com/blog/cve-2012-6342-atlassian-confluence-multiple-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerabilities exploit
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-22784 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6342?
CVE-2012-6342 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-6342?
To fix CVE-2012-6342, 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-2012-6342 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-6342 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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