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GHSA-RCJW-44P8-PPJ6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-06 06:30 – Updated: 2023-12-06 06:30

Details

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.

Severity

9.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-22522 (GCVE-0-2023-22522)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-06 05:00 – Updated: 2026-02-25 16:52

Summary

This Template Injection vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker, including one with anonymous access, to inject unsafe user input into a Confluence page. Using this approach, an attacker is able to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on an affected instance. Publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server versions as listed below are at risk and require immediate attention. See the advisory for additional details 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.

Severity

9 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2023-12-07 05:00 UTC

CWE

RCE (Remote Code Execution)
CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Assigner

atlassian mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.a…
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-93502

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Atlassian	Confluence Data Center	Unaffected: < 4.0.0 Affected: >= 4.0.0 Affected: >= 7.20.0 Affected: >= 8.0.0 Affected: >= 8.6.0 Unaffected: >= 7.19.17 Unaffected: >= 8.4.5 Unaffected: >= 8.5.4 Unaffected: >= 8.6.2 Unaffected: >= 8.7.1
Atlassian	Confluence Server	Unaffected: < 4.0.0 Affected: >= 4.0.0 Affected: >= 7.20.0 Affected: >= 8.0.0 Affected: >= 8.6.0 Unaffected: >= 7.19.17 Unaffected: >= 8.4.5 Unaffected: >= 8.5.4 Unaffected: >= 8.6.2 Unaffected: >= 8.7.1

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