Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2023-22515
Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Broken - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server instances to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access Confluence instances. Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 4, 2023, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 16, 2024, 7:46 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows an attacker to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access Confluence.

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Check all affected Confluence instances for evidence of compromise per vendor instructions and report any positive findings to CISA.

Notes :

https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22515-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-confluence-data-center-and-server-1295682276.html

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-22515 has a 72 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-22515 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Atlassian confluence_server
2 Atlassian confluence_data_center
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-22515.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515 Vendor Advisory
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276 Vendor Advisory
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Checker for CVE-2023-22518 vulnerability on Confluence

Python

Updated: 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2024, 1:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Need help finding what room to do next if grinding points?

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 20, 2024, 4:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

Hello, aspiring hackers! 🕵️‍♂️ Here’s a list of 500+ Free TryHackMe rooms to kickstart your cybersecurity journey. These rooms are absolutely free, and I’ve organized them by topic to help you dive in right away. 🛠️

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Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 18, 2024, 11:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

这是一个每天同步Vulnerability-Wiki中docs-base中内容的项目

HTML

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 20, 2024, 3:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 203 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 7, 2024, 1:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

CVE 2023-22515

Lua

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 21, 2024, 5:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Lua

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 20, 2024, 4:14 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 18, 2024, 9:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 18, 2024, 9:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Vulnerability checking tool via Nmap Scripting Engine

Lua Python

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 18, 2024, 7:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 13, 2024, 1:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

This repository features a powerful one-liner command designed to simplify and streamline your workflow. Perfect for hackers, bug hunters, and cybersecurity professionals, this command encapsulates complex operations into a single, easy-to-use line, enhancing your productivity and efficiency in various security tasks.

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2024, 6:48 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 23, 2024, 7:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

NSE script to check if app is vulnerable to cve-2023-22515

Lua

Updated: 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 8, 2024, 8:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

This script will inform the user if the Confluence instance is vulnerable, but it will not proceed with the exploitation steps.

Python

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 5, 2024, 7:56 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-22515 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • BleepingComputer
FBI, CISA, and NSA reveal most exploited vulnerabilities of 2023

​The FBI, the NSA, and cybersecurity authorities of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have released today a list of the top 15 routinely exploited vulnerabilities throughout last year. A joint advis ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 12, 2024 (14 hours, 6 minutes ago)
  • security.nl
VS publiceert overzicht van meest misbruikte kwetsbaarheden in 2023

De Amerikaanse autoriteiten hebben samen met cyberagentschappen uit Australië, Canada, Nieuw-Zeeland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk een overzicht van de meest misbruikte kwetsbaarheden in 2023 opgesteld. ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 12, 2024 (15 hours, 21 minutes ago)
  • The Hacker News
RansomHub Ransomware Group Targets 210 Victims Across Critical Sectors

Threat actors linked to the RansomHub ransomware group encrypted and exfiltrated data from at least 210 victims since its inception in February 2024, the U.S. government said. The victims span various ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 02, 2024 (2 months, 1 week ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-22515 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Sep. 13, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-20
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475 No Types Assigned https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475 Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server instances to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access Confluence instances. Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue. For more details, please review the linked advisory on this CVE. Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server instances to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access Confluence instances. Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue.
    Removed Reference https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92457 [Issue Tracking, Permissions Required]
    Added Reference https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515 No Types Assigned https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276 No Types Assigned https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92457 No Types Assigned https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92457 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (excluding) 8.3.3 *cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.4.0 up to (excluding) 8.4.3 *cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.5.0 up to (excluding) 8.5.2 *cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (excluding) 8.3.3 *cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.4.0 up to (excluding) 8.4.3 *cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.5.0 up to (excluding) 8.5.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-22515 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-22515 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.31 }} -0.02%

score

0.99904

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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