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

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Severity

Critical

Classification

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

Tags

Known Vulnerabilities Privilege Escalation CWE-284 CVE-2023-22518