Cross-site scripting in Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager
Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The NotificationRepresentationFactoryImpl class in Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager before version 2.22.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the name of user submitted add-on names.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00591 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Universal Plugin Manager (Atlassian): 2.22.9
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Universal Plugin Manager (Atlassian) Fixed in 2.22.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-5229
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8mmq-vpxh-4872
References
More Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-14340 XML external entity injection in Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-11185 Cross-site request forgery in Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2018-5229 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-5229 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8mmq-vpxh-4872 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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