What is the severity of CVE-2012-6342?

CVE-2012-6342 is recognized as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for CSRF attacks against administrator sessions.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6342?

To fix CVE-2012-6342, upgrade Atlassian Confluence to a version that addresses this CSRF vulnerability.

Who is affected by CVE-2012-6342?

CVE-2012-6342 affects users of Atlassian Confluence version 3.4.6, particularly those with administrative privileges.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2012-6342?

CVE-2012-6342 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, allowing attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users.

What can attackers achieve with CVE-2012-6342?

Attackers can use CVE-2012-6342 to log out administrators from their sessions without their consent, disrupting their activities.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2012-6342

medium

6.8

CWE

352

13/5/2014

6/8/2024

CVE-2012-6342: CSRF

First published: Tue May 13 2014(Updated: )

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in logout.action in Atlassian Confluence 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that logout the user via a comment.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Atlassian Confluence Server	=3.4.6

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6342?
CVE-2012-6342 is recognized as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for CSRF attacks against administrator sessions.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6342?
To fix CVE-2012-6342, upgrade Atlassian Confluence to a version that addresses this CSRF vulnerability.
Who is affected by CVE-2012-6342?
CVE-2012-6342 affects users of Atlassian Confluence version 3.4.6, particularly those with administrative privileges.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2012-6342?
CVE-2012-6342 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, allowing attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users.
What can attackers achieve with CVE-2012-6342?
Attackers can use CVE-2012-6342 to log out administrators from their sessions without their consent, disrupting their activities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6342?
CVE-2012-6342 is recognized as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for CSRF attacks against administrator sessions.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6342?
To fix CVE-2012-6342, upgrade Atlassian Confluence to a version that addresses this CSRF vulnerability.
Who is affected by CVE-2012-6342?
CVE-2012-6342 affects users of Atlassian Confluence version 3.4.6, particularly those with administrative privileges.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2012-6342?
CVE-2012-6342 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, allowing attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users.
What can attackers achieve with CVE-2012-6342?
Attackers can use CVE-2012-6342 to log out administrators from their sessions without their consent, disrupting their activities.