Atlassian Confluence < 7.4.10 DLL Hijacking

high Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113674

Synopsis

Atlassian Confluence < 7.4.10 DLL Hijacking

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Atlassian Confluence application running on the remote host is prior to 7.4.10 or 7.5.0 prior to 7.12.3. It therefore may be affected by a weakness when deployed onto the Windows operating system environment allows allow authenticated local attackers to achieve elevated privileges on the local system via a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in the Confluence installer.

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 7.4.10 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-66550

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 113674

Type: remote

Published: 3/8/2023

Updated: 6/1/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43940

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43940