Vulnerability record

CVE-2019-3398

Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Confluence Server and Data Center, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

Description

Confluence Server and Data Center had a path traversal vulnerability in the downloadallattachments resource. A remote attacker who has permission to add attachments to pages and / or blogs or to create a new space or a personal space or who has 'Admin' permissions for a space can exploit this path traversal vulnerability to write files to arbitrary locations which can lead to remote code execution on systems that run a vulnerable version of Confluence Server or Data Center. All versions of Confluence Server from 2.0.0 before 6.6.13 (the fixed version for 6.6.x), from 6.7.0 before 6.12.4 (the fixed version for 6.12.x), from 6.13.0 before 6.13.4 (the fixed version for 6.13.x), from 6.14.0 before 6.14.3 (the fixed version for 6.14.x), and from 6.15.0 before 6.15.2 are affected by this vulnerability.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
Confluence ServerAtlassian>= 2.0, < 6.6.13; >= 6.7.0, < 6.12.4; >= 6.13.0, < 6.13.4; >= 6.14.0, < 6.14.3; >= 6.15.0, < 6.15.26.6.13; 6.12.4; 6.13.4; 6.14.3; 6.15.2NVD
Confluence Server and Data CenterAtlassian——KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2019-3398 scored CVSS 8.8: Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center, Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Confluence Server and Data Center systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2019-3398: Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center, Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability

    An official fix is now available for Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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References