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CVE-2023-22522

Published: Dec 6, 2023

Modified: Feb 25, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

9.0

CRITICAL

Description

This Template Injection vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker, including one with anonymous access, to inject unsafe user input into a Confluence page. Using this approach, an attacker is able to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on an affected instance. Publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server versions as listed below are at risk and require immediate attention. See the advisory for additional details 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.

VendorProductVersions

Atlassian

Confluence Data Center

unaffected
< 4.0.0
affected
>= 4.0.0
affected
>= 7.20.0
affected
>= 8.0.0
affected
>= 8.6.0

+5 more versions

Atlassian

Confluence Server

unaffected
< 4.0.0
affected
>= 4.0.0
affected
>= 7.20.0
affected
>= 8.0.0
affected
>= 8.6.0

+5 more versions

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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