Atlassian Confluence 7.19 < 7.19.21 / 8.5.x < 8.5.8 / < 8.9.0 (CONFSERVER-94957)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200494

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-94957 advisory. This High severity Gatekeeper Injection vulnerability was introduced in versions 7.1.0 of Confluence Data Center. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify the actions taken by a system call which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires 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 7.19.21, 8.5.8, 8.9.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-94957

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200494

File Name: confluence_confserver-94957.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/13/2024

Updated: 6/13/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score based on confserver-94957 advisory.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Atlassian Confluence

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2024