# CVE-2012-2928: The Gliffy plugin before 3.7.1 for Atlassian JIRA, and before 4.2 for Atlassian Confluence, does not properly restrict the capabilities of t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-05-22 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Gliffy plugin before 3.7.1 for Atlassian JIRA, and before 4.2 for Atlassian Confluence, does not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/49166
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
- http://osvdb.org/81993
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53595
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75697

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