Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 befor
Atlassian JIRA before 5.0.1; Confluence before 3.5.16, 4.0 before 4.0.7, and 4.1 before 4.1.10; FishEye and Crucible before 2.5.8, 2.6 before 2.6.8, and 2.7 before 2.7.12; Bamboo before 3.3.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5; and Crowd before 2.0.9, 2.1 before 2.1.2, 2.2 before 2.2.9, 2.3 before 2.3.7, and 2.4 before 2.4.1 do 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.
- Published
- May 22, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 66.3% · 99th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
56
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 20 / 30 · 66.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| atlassian | bamboo | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo |
| atlassian | confluence | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence |
| atlassian | confluence server | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server |
| atlassian | crowd | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crowd |
| atlassian | crucible | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crucible |
| atlassian | fisheye | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:fisheye |
| atlassian | jira | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- atlassian bamboobefore 3.3.4
- atlassian bamboo3.4 and later · before 3.4.5
- atlassian confluencebefore 3.5.16
- atlassian confluence server4.0 and later · before 4.0.7
- atlassian confluence server4.1 and later · before 4.1.10
- atlassian crowdbefore 2.0.9
- atlassian crowd2.1 and later · before 2.1.2
- atlassian crowd2.2.0 and later · before 2.2.9
- atlassian crowd2.3.0 and later · before 2.3.7
- atlassian crowd2.4.0 and later · before 2.4.1
- atlassian cruciblebefore 2.5.8
- atlassian crucible2.6 and later · before 2.6.8
- atlassian crucible2.7 and later · before 2.7.12
- atlassian fisheyebefore 2.5.8
- atlassian fisheye2.6 and later · before 2.6.8
- atlassian fisheye2.7 and later · before 2.7.12
- atlassian jirabefore 5.0.1
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Remediation
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Exploit status
Weaponized
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Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | dos | 2012-05-17 |
| Metasploit module | auxiliary/scanner/http/atlassian_crowd_fileaccessAtlassian Crowd XML Entity Expansion Remote File Accessauxiliary | — |
Research context
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Timeline
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- First PoC-5 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+5244 d
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Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
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Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/CROWD/Crowd+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/FishEye+and+Crucible+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
- osvdb.org/81993
- secunia.com/advisories/49146
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53595
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75682
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75697
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.