Description

Due to an improper authorization control vulnerability in Confluence, an unauthenticated attacker can create an administrator account and get full access to the system.

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Confluence

References

Improper Authorization in Confluence Data Center and Server - CVE-2023-22518

Atlassian Confluence Server (CVE-2023-22518) - Improper Authorization

Related Vulnerabilities

concrete5 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2015-2250)

Jenkins Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2015-5323)

Oracle JRE CVE-2013-0434 Vulnerability (CVE-2013-0434)

PmWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2010-1481)

Apache Tomcat Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21733)

Severity

Critical

Classification

CVE-2023-22518 CWE-284 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Tags

Known Vulnerabilities Privilege Escalation