CVE-2016-6668

Description

The Atlassian Hipchat Integration Plugin for Bitbucket Server 6.26.0 before 6.27.5, 6.28.0 before 7.3.7, and 7.4.0 before 7.8.17; Confluence HipChat plugin 6.26.0 before 7.8.17; and HipChat for JIRA plugin 6.26.0 before 7.8.17 allows remote attackers to obtain the secret key for communicating with HipChat instances by reading unspecified pages.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.32% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory atlassian.com Vendor Advisory atlassian.com Vendor Advisory atlassian.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539530/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/bitbucket-server-security-advisory-2016-09-21-840698321.html vendor advisory
https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2016-09-21-849052104.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93159 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/jira-and-hipchat-for-jira-plugin-security-advisory-2016-09-21-849052099.html vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139004/Atlassian-HipChat-Secret-Key-Disclosure.html vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6668?
CVE-2016-6668 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-6668?
To fix CVE-2016-6668, 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-2016-6668 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-6668 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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