CVE-2023-22515

critical

Description

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

https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2024/03/25/combine-qualys-trurisk-and-mitre-attck-to-adopt-a-threat-informed-defense-to-reduce-risk

https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2024/03/12/upgrade-your-cybersecurity-program-to-a-threat-informed-defense-approach-with-qualys

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/08/rust_software_memory_safety/

https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/alert-effluence-backdoor-persists.html?&web_view=true

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-blames-nation-state-threat-actor-for-confluence-zero-day-attacks/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2023-22515-zero-day-vulnerability-in-atlassian-confluence-data-center-and-server-exploited

https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22515-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-confluence-data-center-and-server-1295682276.html

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475

https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-04

Updated: 2024-02-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical