FKIE_CVE-2018-20233

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-01-18 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:52
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
The Upload add-on resource in Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager before version 2.22.14 allows remote attackers who have system administrator privileges to read files, make network requests and perform a denial of service attack via an XML External Entity vulnerability in the parsing of atlassian plugin xml files in an uploaded JAR.
References
security@atlassian.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106661Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@atlassian.comhttps://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/UPM-5964Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106661Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/UPM-5964Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
atlassian universal_plugin_manager *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:52:31.637",
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