CVE-2012-2926 in the critical feed json
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 befo…
published 2012-05-22 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2905
- cvss
- 9.1
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 66.3%
- EPSS 66.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
- public exploits
- 2
- Metasploit, Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- atlassian bamboo 3.3.4, 3.4.5
- atlassian confluence 3.5.16
- atlassian confluence_server 4.0.7, 4.1.10
- atlassian crowd 2.0.9, 2.1.2, 2.2.9, 2.3.7, 2.4.1
- atlassian crucible 2.5.8, 2.6.8, 2.7.12
- atlassian fisheye 2.5.8, 2.6.8, 2.7.12
- atlassian jira 5.0.1
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/FishEye+and+Crucible+Security+Advisory+201… advisory
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17 advisory
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/CROWD/Crowd+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17 advisory
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17 advisory
- confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17 advisory
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-37218)
- Published
Exploit prediction
66.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/atlassian_crowd_fileaccess Atlassian Crowd XML Entity Expansion Remote File Access metasploit auxiliary, normal rank
- EDB-37218 Atlassian Tempo 6.4.3 / JIRA 5.0.0 / Gliffy 3.7.0 - XML Parsing Denial of Service dos, 2012-05-17
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
References
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confluence.atlassian.com
/display/FISHEYE/FishEye+and+Crucible+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
patch, vendor-advisory
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confluence.atlassian.com
/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
patch, vendor-advisory
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confluence.atlassian.com
/display/CROWD/Crowd+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
patch, vendor-advisory
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confluence.atlassian.com
/display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
patch, vendor-advisory
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confluence.atlassian.com
/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
patch, vendor-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/75682
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/49146
third-party-advisory, not-applicable
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osvdb.org
/81993
vdb-entry, broken-link
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securityfocus.com
/bid/53595
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/75697
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-2926
- NVD CVE-2012-2926
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