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Atlassian Confluence 7.13.x < 8.5.23 / 8.6.x < 9.2.5 / 9.3.x < 9.5.1 (CONFSERVER-99921)

high Nessus Plugin ID 240182

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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-99921 advisory.

 - BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String) will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same. (CVE-2025-22228)

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 8.5.23, 9.2.5, 9.5.1 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-99921

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240182

File Name: confluence_confserver-99921.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/19/2025

Updated: 6/19/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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: 6/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22228