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Atlassian Confluence < 7.13.20 / 7.19.8 / 8.2.0 (CONFSERVER-88221)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178939

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Synopsis

The remote Atlassian Confluence host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CONFSERVER-88221 advisory. This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability known as CVE-2023-22508 was introduced in version 6.1.0 of Confluence Data Center & Server. This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.5, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and no user interaction.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 7.13.20, 7.19.8 8.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-88221

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178939

File Name: confluence_confserver-88221.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/27/2023

Updated: 1/18/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22508

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Atlassian Confluence

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22508

IAVA: 2023-A-0378-S