VDB-122923 · CVE-2018-13393 · BID 105155

Atlassian Confluence Questions up to 2.6.5 convertCommentToAnswer cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Atlassian Confluence Questions up to 2.6.5 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component convertCommentToAnswer. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-13393. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Atlassian Confluence Questions up to 2.6.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component convertCommentToAnswer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The convertCommentToAnswer resource in Atlassian Confluence Questions before version 2.6.6, the bundled version of Confluence Questions was updated to a fixed version in Confluence version 6.9.0, allows remote attackers to modify a comment into an answer via a Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2018. The weakness was presented 08/15/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at jira.atlassian.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-13393 since 07/06/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.6.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105155†). See VDB-122924 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Confluence Questions 2.6.6

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07/06/2018 🔍
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Vendor: atlassian.com

Advisory: jira.atlassian.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-13393 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-13393
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122923
SecurityFocus: 105155 - Atlassian Confluence CVE-2018-13393 Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2018 19:41
Updated: 03/15/2020 20:44
Changes: 08/15/2018 19:41 (61), 03/15/2020 20:44 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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