Atlassian Confluence 8.x < 8.3.3 Privilege Escalation

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114056

Synopsis

Atlassian Confluence 8.x < 8.3.3 Privilege Escalation

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Atlassian Confluence application running on the remote host is 8.x prior to 8.3.3, 8.4.x prior to 8.4.3 or 8.5.x prior to 8.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

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 8.3.3 or later.

See Also

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 114056

Type: remote

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

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: CVE-2023-22515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22515

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22515

CWE: 20, 269

OWASP: 2010-A4, 2013-A4, 2013-A9, 2017-A5, 2017-A9, 2021-A3, 2021-A4, 2021-A6

WASC: Improper Input Handling, Insufficient Authorization

CAPEC: 10, 101, 104, 108, 109, 110, 120, 122, 13, 135, 136, 14, 153, 182, 209, 22, 23, 230, 231, 233, 24, 250, 261, 267, 28, 3, 31, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 473, 52, 53, 58, 588, 63, 64, 67, 7, 71, 72, 73, 78, 79, 8, 80, 81, 83, 85, 88, 9

DISA STIG: APSC-DV-000500, APSC-DV-002560, APSC-DV-002630

HIPAA: 164.306(a)(1), 164.306(a)(2), 164.312(a)(1), 164.312(a)(2)(i)

ISO: 27001-A.13.1.1, 27001-A.14.1.2, 27001-A.14.1.3, 27001-A.14.2.5, 27001-A.18.1.3, 27001-A.6.2.2, 27001-A.9.1.2, 27001-A.9.4.1, 27001-A.9.4.4, 27001-A.9.4.5

NIST: sp800_53-AC-3, sp800_53-CM-6b, sp800_53-SI-10

OWASP API: 2019-API7, 2023-API8

OWASP ASVS: 4.0.2-14.2.1, 4.0.2-5.1.3

PCI-DSS: 3.2-6.2, 3.2-6.5, 3.2-6.5.8