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CVE-2023-22515

Improper Input Validation

CVSS 3.0 Critical 10.0Known exploited (CISA KEV)

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

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.

Official description from the CVE record, published by atlassian. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CVE license. View the record on cve.org

Key data

CVSS 3.0 Critical 10.0

Score published by atlassian in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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: None

    No account or privileges are needed.

  • User interaction: None

    No action from any user is needed.

  • Scope: Changed

    The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.

  • 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

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
Score
0.99230 (99.2% probability)
Percentile
99.9%
Scores of
Nov 10, 2026
Model
v2026.06.15

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Name in the catalog
Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Added to the catalog
Oct 5, 2023
Federal due date
Oct 13, 2023
Ransomware campaigns
Known use

CISA assessment as of Dec 9, 2023

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.
Exploitation
Recorded by CISA as active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.
CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CWE license.
  • CWE-20Improper Input Validation

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

  • Atlassian Confluence Data Center

    • unaffected: < 8.0.0
    • affected: >= 8.0.0
    • affected: >= 8.0.1
    • affected: >= 8.0.2
    • affected: >= 8.0.3
    • affected: >= 8.1.3
    • affected: >= 8.1.4
    • affected: >= 8.2.0
    • affected: >= 8.2.1
    • affected: >= 8.2.2
    • affected: >= 8.2.3
    • affected: >= 8.3.0
    • affected: >= 8.3.1
    • affected: >= 8.3.2
    • affected: >= 8.4.0
    • affected: >= 8.4.1
    • affected: >= 8.4.2
    • affected: >= 8.5.0
    • affected: >= 8.5.1
    • unaffected: >= 8.3.3
    • unaffected: >= 8.4.3
    • unaffected: >= 8.5.2

  • Atlassian Confluence Server

    • unaffected: < 8.0.0
    • affected: >= 8.0.0
    • affected: >= 8.0.1
    • affected: >= 8.0.2
    • affected: >= 8.0.3
    • affected: >= 8.1.3
    • affected: >= 8.1.4
    • affected: >= 8.2.0
    • affected: >= 8.2.1
    • affected: >= 8.2.2
    • affected: >= 8.2.3
    • affected: >= 8.3.0
    • affected: >= 8.3.1
    • affected: >= 8.3.2
    • affected: >= 8.4.0
    • affected: >= 8.4.1
    • affected: >= 8.4.2
    • affected: >= 8.5.0
    • affected: >= 8.5.1
    • unaffected: >= 8.3.3
    • unaffected: >= 8.4.3
    • unaffected: >= 8.5.2

References

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Timeline

  1. ID reserved
  2. Record published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. Record last updated

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