Atlassian Confluence < 7.13.14 / 7.14.x < 7.19.6 / 7.20.x < 8.1.0 (CONFSERVER-82436)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 172376

Synopsis

The remote Atlassian Confluence host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of Atlassian Confluence installed on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the Synchrony service. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to view sensitive information.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 7.13.14, 7.19.6, 8.1.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-82436

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 172376

File Name: confluence_confserver-82436.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/9/2023

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score based on an in-depth analysis of the vendor advisory.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence

Required KB Items: installed_sw/confluence

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2023