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Medium [CVE-2020-36290] The Livesearch macro in Confluence Server and Data Center before version 7.4.5, from version 7.5.0 before 7.6.3, and from…

This medium-severity Atlassian advisory covers CVE-2020-36290 affecting Confluence Server.

CVE-2020-36290 Published Jul 26, 2022Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
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AtlassianConfluence
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Summary

The Livesearch macro in Confluence Server and Data Center before version 7.4.5, from version 7.5.0 before 7.6.3, and from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.4 allows remote attackers with permission to edit a page or blog to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the page excerpt functionality.

Affected versions
  • 7.5.0
  • 7.7.0

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • 7.6.3

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 7.6.3. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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