Path traversal in Atlassian Fisheye and Atlassian Crucible - CVE-2017-16859
Published: July 10, 2018 / Updated: July 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14028
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16859
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Atlassian
Affected software:
Atlassian Fisheye
Atlassian Crucible
Atlassian Fisheye
Atlassian Crucible
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal in the command parameter. A remote attacker can read files contained within context path of the running application.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-16859
Update to version 4.3.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.0.