CVE-2023-22505 Code injection in Confluence Data Center
An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code on Confluence Data Center and Server instances, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-22505?
CVE-2023-22505 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center, published on 18 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability known as CVE-2023-22505 was introduced in version 8.0.0 of Confluence Data Center & Server.
This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and no user interaction.
Atlassian recommends that you upgrade your instance to latest version. If you're unable to upgrade to latest, upgrade to one of these fixed versions: 8.3.2, 8.4.0. See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html).|https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html).] You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center & Server from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives).|https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives).]
This vulnerability was discovered by a private user and reported via our Bug Bounty program.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22505?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Atlassian Confluence Data Center, Atlassian Confluence Server.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-22505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Confluence Data Center
- CVE-2023-22527 Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Template Injection
- CVE-2023-22518 Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Improper Authorization
- CVE-2023-22515 Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Broken Access Control
- CVE-2022-26134 Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-26084 Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) Injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-78hc-mph9-mhfm.