CVE-2017-16860

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The invalidRedirectUrl template in Atlassian Application Links before version 5.2.7, from version 5.3.0 before version 5.3.4 and from version 5.4.0 before version 5.4.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the redirectUrl parameter link in the redirect warning message.

Affected products

Atlassian Application Links: before 5.2.7; from 5.3.0 before 5.3.4; from 5.4.0 before 5.4.3 — fixed in 5.2.7, 5.3.4, 5.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Application Links 5.2.7, 5.3.4, 5.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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