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CVE-2017-18111

The OAuthHelper in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.0.10, from version 5.1.0 before...

8.7 High

CVE-2017-18111 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Atlassian Application Links, published March 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.63%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
8.7 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.63%EPSS, 76th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

The OAuthHelper in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.0.10, from version 5.1.0 before version 5.1.3, and from version 5.2.0 before version 5.2.6 used an XML document builder that was vulnerable to XXE when consuming a client OAuth request. This allowed malicious oauth application linked applications to probe internal network resources by requesting internal locations, read the contents of files and also cause an out of memory exception affecting availability via an XML External Entity vulnerability.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.63%Up 1.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.7

The OAuthHelper in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.0.10, from version 5.1.0 before version 5.1.3, and from version 5.2.0 before version 5.2.6 used an XML document builder that was vulnerable to XXE when consuming a client OAuth request. This allowed malicious oauth application linked applications to probe internal network resources by requesting internal locations, read the contents of files and also cause an out of memory exception affecting availability via an XML External Entity vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2017-18111
CVSS 3.0
8.7 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-611
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

The OAuthHelper in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.0.10, from version 5.1.0 before version 5.1.3, and from version 5.2.0 before version 5.2.6 used an XML document builder that was vulnerable to XXE when consuming a client OAuth request. This allowed malicious oauth application linked applications to probe internal network resources by requesting internal locations, read the contents of files and also cause an out of memory exception affecting availability via an XML External Entity vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2017-18111
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9248No score

The OAuthHelper in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.0.10, from version 5.1.0 before version 5.1.3, and from version 5.2.0 before version 5.2.6 used an XML document builder that was vulnerable to XXE when consuming a client OAuth request. This allowed malicious oauth application linked applications to probe internal network resources by requesting internal locations, read the contents of files and also cause an out of memory exception affecting availability via an XML External Entity vulnerability.

Record
EUVD-2017-9248
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9563-9277-f9w98.7

The OAuthHelper in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.0.10, from version 5.1.0 before...

The OAuthHelper in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.0.10, from version 5.1.0 before version 5.1.3, and from version 5.2.0 before version 5.2.6 used an XML document builder that was vulnerable to XXE when consuming a client OAuth request. This allowed malicious oauth application linked applications to probe internal network resources by requesting internal locations, read the contents of files and also cause an out of memory exception affecting availability via an XML External Entity vulnerability.

Record
GHSA-9563-9277-f9w9
CVSS 3.0
8.7 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-611
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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