# CVE-2011-4822: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script via user comments or profile names, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Dec 2011
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ccf9-j4gr-f8jc

## What is CVE-2011-4822?

CVE-2011-4822 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Atlassian Fisheye, published on 15 Dec 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the user profile feature in Atlassian FishEye before 2.5.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) snippets in a user comment, which is not properly handled in a Confluence page, or (2) the user profile display name, which is not properly handled in a FishEye page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4822?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Atlassian Fisheye.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-4822?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4822 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-4822 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4822 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Fisheye

- [CVE-2017-18112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18112/): Information disclosure in Fisheye (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-18090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18090/): Cross-site scripting in Fisheye (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-9510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9510/): Cross-site scripting in Atlassian Fisheye (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-4822 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-4822 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Atlassian Fisheye, published on 15 Dec 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4822 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Atlassian Fisheye. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4822/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4822/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4822
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4822
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4822

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4822/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.