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CVE-2023-22515 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Atlassian, CVE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515 Atlassian, CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276 Atlassian, CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475 Atlassian, CVE Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-22515 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Broken Access Control Vulnerability 10/05/2023 10/13/2023 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.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-22515
NVD Published Date:
10/04/2023
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
Atlassian