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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2020-4027

Medium
4.7/10

Summary

Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center allowed remote attackers with system administration permissions to bypass velocity template injection mitigations via an injection vulnerability in custom user macros. The affected versions are before version 7.4.5, and from version 7.5.0 before 7.5.1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • LOW
  • LOW

CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

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