Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments. An attacker who can login to Confluence could receive workbox notifications, which contain the content of comments, for comments added to a page after they started watching it even if they do not have permission to view the page itself.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-9505 is rated Exploit Available (56.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.39% | 1.26% | +0.88% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 0.31% | 0.39% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 0.31% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| 4.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| atlassian | confluence | >= 4.3, < 6.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99086 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52560 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170613-0_Atlassian_Confluence_Access_Restriction_Bypass_v10.txt | Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory |