Atlassian Confluence 6.14.x < 7.3.3 Improper Authorization

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 112868

Synopsis

Atlassian Confluence 6.14.x < 7.3.3 Improper Authorization

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Atlassian Confluence application running on the remote host is prior to 6.13.11 or 6.14.x < 7.3.3. It is, therefore, affected by an improper authorization check vulnerability allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to edit existing applinks without passing WebSudo.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 7.3.3 or later.

See Also

https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/APL-1391

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-59612

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112868

Type: remote

Published: 7/5/2021

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20105

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20105

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20105