cve-2023-22515
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-04 14:00
Modified
2024-09-13 18:13
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server instances to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access Confluence instances. Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue.
References
security@atlassian.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@atlassian.comhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515Vendor Advisory
security@atlassian.comhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276Vendor Advisory
security@atlassian.comhttps://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
AtlassianConfluence Data Center
AtlassianConfluence Server
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-10-05

Due date: 2023-10-13

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Check all affected Confluence instances for evidence of compromise per vendor instructions and report any positive findings to CISA.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22515-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-confluence-data-center-and-server-1295682276.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22515

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