CVE-2019-3398
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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Key data
CVSS 3.1 High 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: Low
A basic user account is needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | Low | A basic user account is needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.97028 (97.0% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name in the catalog
- Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to the catalog
- Nov 3, 2021
- Federal due date
- May 3, 2022
CISA assessment as of Feb 7, 2025
- Exploitation
- Recorded by CISA as active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Affected products
Atlassian Confluence
- affected: 2.0.0 up to before unspecified
- affected: unspecified up to before 6.6.13
- affected: 6.7.0 up to before unspecified
- affected: unspecified up to before 6.12.4
- affected: 6.13.0 up to before unspecified
- affected: unspecified up to before 6.13.4
- affected: 6.14.0 up to before unspecified
- affected: unspecified up to before 6.14.3
- affected: 6.15.0 up to before unspecified
- affected: unspecified up to before 6.15.2
References
- jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58102
- 20190424 Confluence Security Advisory - 2019-04-17 (seclists.org)mailing-list
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/152616/Confluence-Server-Data…
- 108067 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155235/Atlassian-Confluence-6…
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155245/Atlassian-Confluence-6…
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Record published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Record last updated
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